Pre-surgical evaluation for epilepsy surgery

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 609-616

  Loring, David W ^a   Meador, Kimford J ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Memory; Neuropsychology; Surgical outcome; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Wada testing

Indexed keywords

EPILEPSY; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 0009970891     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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