ArticleJournal of neurosciences in rural practice2013
Value of neuroimaging in epilepsy: An experience from Pakistan.
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- Assistive Artificial Intelligence in Epilepsy and Its Impact on Epilepsy Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.Brain sciences · 2025Review
- Magnetic resonance imaging and electroencephalography findings in a sample of Iranian patients with epilepsy.Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2018Article
- Clinical importance of neuroimaging in epilepsy.Journal of neurosciences in rural practice · 2013Article
- Yield of Brain MRI in Clinically Diagnosed Epilepsy in the Kingdom of Bhutan: A Prospective Study.Annals of global healthArticle
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Abstract
purposeTo detect the possible structural brain lesions in the patients suffering from various kinds of epilepsy during the routine neuroimaging. MATERIALS AND
methodsProspective study of 366 epileptic patients conducted at epilepsy clinic, Rawalpindi-Islamabad Pakistan in an outpatient setting. MRI or CT scan of the brain without contrast was advised in all patients to detect any underlying pathology.
resultsA total 21.31% scans were found to be abnormal. Many cases of familial, idiopathic epilepsy and patients without any neurological deficit were found to have structural brain lesions, which might be responsible for their seizures.
conclusionCT/MRI scan of the brain should be advised in all patients of epilepsy regardless of cause and type of epilepsy. The presence of neurological deficit should not be the sole indication for neuroimaging.
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