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Positron emission tomography with α‐[<sup>11</sup><scp>C</scp>]methyl‐<scp>l</scp>‐tryptophan in tuberous sclerosis complex–related epilepsy

S. Rubí, Nicolas Costes, Rolf A. Heckemann, Sandrine Bouvard, Alexander Hammers, Berta Martí Fuster, Karine Ostrowsky, Alexandra Montavont, Julien Jung, Xavier Setoaín,

Epilepsia · 2013 · 51 citations · 31 references

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Abstract

AMT-PET is a specific neuroimaging technique in the identification of epileptogenic tubers in TSC. Despite its low sensitivity, the clinical usefulness of AMT-PET still deserves to be considered according to the challenging complexity of epilepsy surgery in tuberous sclerosis.

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