title: Radiologic assessment of temporal lobe epilepsy.
abstract: Neuroimaging plays an important and increasing role in assessing patients with epilepsy. This article focuses on procedures used to evaluate patients who have failed medical treatment for epilepsy but may benefit from resective surgery. Radiologic assessment and use of the intracarotid amobarbital procedure are described.
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Neurobehavioral Disorders, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Ariz., USA.
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Leonard
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Stoane
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Karis
mesh_terms: D000654:Amobarbital; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
chemical_list: D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D000654:Amobarbital