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Functional imaging in reading epilepsy: A case report

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Reading epilepsy is an uncommon epileptic syndrome preferentially related to the temporoparietal region of the language dominant hemisphere. We report ictal and interictal brain perfusion SPECT images in a 28-year-old woman who was reading epilepsy.

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  1. Nükleer Tıp Anabilim Dalı, Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, 06100, Cebeci-Ankara, Türkiye

    N. Ö. Küçük, E. İbis & G. Aras

  2. Department of Neurology, Ankara University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey

    A. Yigit, H. Ö. Şener & N. Mutluer

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Küçük, N.Ö., Yigit, A., İbis, E. et al. Functional imaging in reading epilepsy: A case report. Ann Nucl Med 13, 355–356 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03164876

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