Present condition and prospect of focus determination method in temporal epilepsy.

Accession number;03A0568603
Title;Present condition and prospect of focus determination method in temporal epilepsy.
Author; WATANABE HIDETOSHI (Tokyo Metrop. Police Hosp.)
Journal Title;Annual Report of the Research on Nervous and Mental Disorders 2002
Journal Code:N20031207
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VOL.;NO.;PAGE.8(2003)
Figure&Table&Reference;REF.3
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;Japanese
Abstract;As a 1 step of the decision of guideline for identifying focus in the surgical treatment of intractable epilepsy, in fiscal 2002, application of light topography which is a new test method is examined concentrated. 44 examples of intractable epilepsy are examined in the light topography. In the light topography, it was retarded a little from the appearance of seizure wave, and increase in blood volume was observed mainly in the focus position, and it seemed to be an index to the fit focus.