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ReviewChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Morphological and Advanced Imaging of Epilepsy: Beyond the Basics.

Aikaterini Fitsiori, Shivaprakash Basavanthaiah Hiremath, José Boto, Valentina Garibotto, Maria Isabel Vargas

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Review in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. A journey through formation and malformations of the neo-cortex.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aikaterini FitsioriUnit of Neurodiagnostic, Division of Neuroradiology, Geneva University Hospital, rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland. Aikaterini.Fitsiori@hcuge.ch.
Shivaprakash Basavanthaiah HiremathUnit of Neurodiagnostic, Division of Neuroradiology, Geneva University Hospital, rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland. shivaprakashbh@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-4600-6662
José BotoUnit of Neurodiagnostic, Division of Neuroradiology, Geneva University Hospital, rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland. Jose.M.BaiaoBoto@hcuge.ch.
Valentina GaribottoDivision of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Geneva University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland. Valentina.Garibotto@hcuge.ch.
Maria Isabel VargasUnit of Neurodiagnostic, Division of Neuroradiology, Geneva University Hospital, rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland. Maria.I.Vargas@hcuge.ch.
University Hospital of Geneva · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The etiology of epilepsy is variable and sometimes multifactorial. Clinical course and response to treatment largely depend on the precise etiology of the seizures. Along with the electroencephalogram (EEG), neuroimaging techniques, in particular, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), are the most important tools for determining the possible etiology of epilepsy. Over the last few years, there have been many developments in data acquisition and analysis for both morphological and functional neuroimaging of people suffering from this condition. These innovations have increased the detection of underlying structural pathologies, which have till recently been classified as "cryptogenic" epilepsy. Cryptogenic epilepsy is often refractory to anti-epileptic drug treatment. In drug-resistant patients with structural or consistent functional lesions related to the epilepsy syndrome, surgery is the only treatment that can offer a seizure-free outcome. The pre-operative detection of the underlying structural condition increases the odds of successful surgical treatment of pharmacoresistant epilepsy. This article provides a comprehensive overview of neuroimaging techniques in epilepsy, highlighting recent advances and innovations and summarizes frequent etiologies of epilepsy in order to improve the diagnosis and management of patients suffering from seizures, especially young patients and children.

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cortical malformationsdiffusion tensor imagingepilepsyhippocampal sclerosismagnetic resonance imaging (MRI)positron emission topography-computed tomography (PET-CT)single positron emission computed tomography (SPECT)spectroscopy

Identifiers

PMID30862078
PMCPMC6462967
OpenAlexW2922391859

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