Incidence of Abnormal FDG-PET in Partial Epilepsy

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-16-3-11

Incidence of Abnormal FDG-PET in Partial Epilepsy

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 16 (2002): Issue 3

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Mar 2002

Abstract

Forty children were studied with EEG, MRI, and F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PET, within one year of their third unprovoked partial seizure, at the Children’s National Medical Center, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-16-3-11 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 24 - 24

Published on: Mar 1, 2002

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

F-Fluorodeoxyglucose,

Asymmetry Index,

Persistent Epilepsy

© 2002 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
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