Nuclear Medicine Imaging in Pediatric Neurology
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Nuclear Medicine Imaging in Pediatric Neurology
Nuclear medicine imaging can provide important complementary information in the management of pediatric patients with neurological diseases. Pre-surgical localization of the epileptogenic focus in medically refractory epilepsy patients is the most common indication for nuclear medicine imaging in pediatric neurology. In patients with temporal lobe epilepsy, nuclear medicine imaging is particula...
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عنوان ژورنال: Malecular Imaging and Radionuclide Therapy
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2146-1414
DOI: 10.4274/mirt.49389