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The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, VOL. 9, No. 1

Article | February 01, 1997

Application of ictal brain SPECT for differentiating epileptic from nonepileptic seizures

The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 1997;9:99-101.

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The authors report 2 clinical cases that illustrate the difficulties with video-monitored EEG and the advantages of brain SPECT in differential diagnosis of true epileptic seizures and nonepileptic seizures. Injection of [99mTc]HMPAO at the time of the ictal event provides a means to obtain a SPECT image postictally for comparison with interictal examinations so that an epileptic or nonepileptic focus may be localized.

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Application of ictal brain SPECT for differentiating epileptic from nonepileptic seizures. The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 1997 Feb;9(1):99-101.

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