Epilepsy Research
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 41-50 , September 1996

Interictal SPECT of rCBF is of clinical utility in the preosperative evaluation of patients with partial epilepsy

  • Allan R. Andersen

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +45 43964333, ext. 6106; Fax: +45 43423570.
    • Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej DK-2100 Ø, Denmark
    • Department of Neurology, KAS Glostrup University Hospital, N16 NDR Ringvej, DK-2600 Glostrup, Denmark
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  • Bjarke A'Rogyi Hansen

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    • Department of Neurology, Hvidovre Hospital, DK-2650 Hvidovre, Denmark
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  • Hans Høgenhaven

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    • Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Hvidovre Hospital, DK-2650 Hvidovre, Denmark
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  • Margrethe Herning

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    • Department of MRI, Hvidovre Hospital, DK-2650 Hvidovre, Denmark
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  • Olaf Paulson

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    • Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej DK-2100 Ø, Denmark
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  • Mogens Dam

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Hvidovre Hospital, DK-2650 Hvidovre, Denmark

Received 29 September 1995 ,Revised 1 March 1996 ,Accepted 6 March 1996.

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