| Literature DB >> 7847871 |
P A Garcia1, K D Laxer, J van der Grond, J W Hugg, G B Matson, M W Weiner.
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Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (1H MRSI) has demonstrated decreased N-acetyl compounds (NA) in the epileptogenic hippocampus in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. We studied 8 patients with frontal lobe epilepsy and found mean NA/creatine (Cr) in the epileptogenic frontal lobe decreased by 27% compared with that of the contralateral homologous region (1.81 +/- 0.36 vs 2.49 +/- 0.60, p < 0.008). In every patient, NA/Cr was decreased in the epileptogenic region by at least 5%. These findings suggest that 1H MRSI may be useful in the presurgical evaluation of patients with frontal lobe epilepsy.Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID: 7847871 DOI: 10.1002/ana.410370222
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Neurol ISSN: 0364-5134 Impact factor: 10.422