Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis of Wechsler Memory Scale - Revised scores in epilepsy surgery candidates

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 171-176

  Barr, William B ^a,b,c  

^a LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ZUCKER HILLSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIABILITY; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 0030870561     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.9.3.171     Document Type: Article

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