The role of functional neuroimaging in pre-surgical epilepsy evaluation

The prevalence of epilepsy is about 1% and one-third of cases do not respond to medical treatment. In an elegible subset of patients with drug-resistant epilepsy, surgical resection of the epileptogenic zone is the only treatment that can possibly cure the disease. Non-invasive techniques provide in...

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Main Authors: Francesca ePittau, Frédéric eGrouiller, Laurent eSpinelli, Margitta eSeeck, Christoph M Michel, Serge eVulliemoz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
PET
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2014.00031/full