Guidelines for neuroimaging evaluation of patients with uncontrolled epilepsy considered for surgery. Commission on Neuroimaging of the International League Against Epilepsy.
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a. Delineation of structural and functional abnormalities in the putative epileptogenic region b. Prediction of the nature of structural pathology in the putative epileptogenic region’ c. Detection of abnormalities distant from the putative epileptogenic region d. Emerging goals include identification of brain regions important for normal function including primary sensorimotor function, language and memory, and the relation of these regions to the epileptogenic region. tion, neuroimaging should provide data on
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Epilepsia
دوره 39 12 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1998