Occipital pole area and language dominance

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 89-91

  Charles, Philip David ^a   Abou Khalil, Bassei ^a   Atkinson Jr , Denis S ^a   Bakar, Mustafa ^a   Mayville, Christina L ^a   Kirshner, Howard S ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; SCHOOL CHILD; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; WADA TEST;

EID: 0030943276     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jon19977289     Document Type: Article

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