Effect of Wada memory stimulus type in discriminating lateralized temporal lobe impairment

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 219-224

  Loring, David W ^a   Hermann, Ruce P ^a   Perrine, Ken ^d   Plenger, Patrick M ^c   Lee, Gregory P ^b   Meador, Kimford J ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amobarbital; Epilepsy; Memory; Temporal lobectomy; Wada test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

AMOBARBITAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FORM PERCEPTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MEMORY; METHODS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ROC CURVE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031052366     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb01100.x     Document Type: Article

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