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PET imaging in epilepsy: basal ganglia and thalamic involvementFranck Semah
Service Hospitalier F Joliot, CEA, 4, place du General Leclerc, 91401 Orsay Cedex, France
Epileptic Disord 4:S55-60. 2002..This paper will review the imaging data obtained using positron emission tomography in patients with partial and generalized epilepsy...
Correlation between PET and SISCOM in temporal lobe epilepsyViviane Bouilleret
, , Orsay, France
J Nucl Med 43:991-8. 2002..CONCLUSION: The marked rate of concordance between PET and SISCOM abnormalities observed in relatively extensive regions shows that, in TLE, seizures were generated and spread in metabolically abnormal regions...
Temporoporal metabolic abnormalities in temporal lobe epilepsiesFranck Semah
Nuclear Medicine Dpt SHFJ, CEA, 4, place du General Leclerc, 91401 Orsay, France
Epileptic Disord 4:S41-9. 2002..The relationship between interictal temporo-polar hypometabolism and seizure onset or seizure spread remain speculative...
The choice of antiepileptic drugs in newly diagnosed epilepsy: a national French surveyFranck Semah
Neurology Department, Hopital Sainte Anne, Paris and Service Hospitalier Frédéric Joliot, CEA, Orsay, France
Epileptic Disord 6:255-65. 2004..In cases of failure and/or intolerance to one of these AED, the principal alternatives are oxcarbazepine, sodium valproate and topiramate...
Can we predict refractory epilepsy at the time of diagnosis?Franck Semah
Service Hospitalier F Joliot, CEA, Orsay
Epileptic Disord 7:S10-3. 2005....
Involvement of the basal ganglia in refractory epilepsy: an 18F-fluoro-L-DOPA PET study using 2 methods of analysisViviane Bouilleret
, Direction des Sciences du Vivant, , , Orsay, France
J Nucl Med 46:540-7. 2005..001). CONCLUSION: This result confirms the involvement of dopamine neurotransmission in seizure control related to the type of epileptic syndrome. The difference in epileptic types may depend in part on the seizure frequency...
Hippocampal sclerosis and other hippocampal abnormalities in the early identification of candidates for epilepsy surgeryFranck Semah
Arch Neurol 59:1042-3; author reply 1043. 2002
Valproic acid in epilepsy : pregnancy-related issuesPierre Genton
Centre Saint Paul, Hôpital Gastaut, Marseille, France
Drug Saf 29:1-21. 2006..Future research on valproic acid and pregnancy should involve risk assessment in large, population-based prospective studies...
Metabolic changes and electro-clinical patterns in mesio-temporal lobe epilepsy: a correlative studyFrancine Chassoux
Department of Neurosurgery, Centre Hospitalier Sainte Anne, 1 rue Cabanis, 75014 Paris, France
Brain 127:164-74. 2004..Our results suggest that hypometabolism in MTLE may be related to ictal discharge generation and spread pathways, even if structural changes and epilepsy duration may also play a role...
Temporal pole hypometabolism may be linked to a reduction of grey matter in temporal lobe epilepsySophie Dupont
Epilepsy Unit, Salpetriere Hospital, Paris, France
Neuroreport 13:2537-41. 2002..These findings suggest that a reduction of temporal pole neocortical grey matter might contribute to temporal pole hypometabolism in temporal lobe epilepsy...
Intralesional recordings and epileptogenic zone in focal polymicrogyriaFrancine Chassoux
Department of Neurosurgery, Centre Hospitalier Sainte Anne, Paris, France
Epilepsia 49:51-64. 2008..Polymicrogyria (PMG) is recognized as an epileptogenic lesion but few data concerning organization of the epileptogenic zone (EZ) are available...
