Cognitive consequences of two-thirds anterior temporal lobectomy on verbal memory in 144 patients: A three-month follow-up study

Epilepsia

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 171-180

  Helmstaedter, C ^a   Elger, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior temporal lobectomy; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Verbal memory deficit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0030024271     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb00009.x     Document Type: Article

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