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Clinical SPECT and PET for Management of Patients with Epilepsy

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Epilepsy is a common chronic neurological disorder that is characterized by recurrent, unprovoked seizures and affects approximately 3% of the population. After the first seizure, about 80% of patients experience another seizure within the first 3 years. Some 60–70% of patients experience focal or partial seizures, and 30–40% generalized seizures. Epilepsy is controlled with medication in around 70% of cases. When seizures are medically intractable, resection of the epileptogenic cortex may be considered.

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  1. Division of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium

    Koen Van Laere & Karolien Goffin

  2. Department of Neurology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium

    Wim Van Paesschen

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  1. Hospital Balgrist, Radiology, Orthopedic University, Zurich, Switzerland

    J. Hodler

  2. Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

    G. K. Von Schulthess

  3. Kilchberg/Zurich, Switzerland

    Ch. L. Zollikofer

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Van Laere, K., Goffin, K., Van Paesschen, W. (2008). Clinical SPECT and PET for Management of Patients with Epilepsy. In: Hodler, J., Von Schulthess, G.K., Zollikofer, C.L. (eds) Diseases of the Brain, Head & Neck, Spine. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0840-3_34

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