A proposed modification of the Wada test for presurgical assessment in temporal lobe epilepsy

Neuroradiology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 422-429

  Weissenborn, K ^a   Ruckert N ^a   Brassel, F ^a   Becker, H ^a   Dietz, H ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amytal test; Presurgical assessment; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPSULA INTERNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; OPTIC TRACT; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; THALAMUS;

EID: 0029944097     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00607265     Document Type: Article

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