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The Role of Radionuclide Imaging in Epilepsy, Part 1: Sporadic Temporal and Extratemporal Lobe Epilepsy

Ajay Kumar and Harry T. Chugani
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology March 2017, 45 (1) 14-21; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.112.114397
Ajay Kumar
PET Center, Department of Pediatrics, Neurology, and Radiology, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
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PET Center, Department of Pediatrics, Neurology, and Radiology, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
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vol. 45 no. 1 14-21
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.112.114397
PubMed 
28258205

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Society of Nuclear Medicine
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0091-4916
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1535-5675
History 
  • Received for publication April 22, 2013
  • Accepted for publication August 6, 2013
  • Published online March 21, 2017.

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© 2017 by the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.

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  1. Ajay Kumar and
  2. Harry T. Chugani
  1. PET Center, Department of Pediatrics, Neurology, and Radiology, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
  1. For correspondence or reprints contact: Ajay Kumar, Department of Pediatrics, Neurology, and Radiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, PET Center, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, 48201. E-mail: ajay{at}pet.wayne.edu
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