Multiple subpial transections in language cortex: Effects on language functions

Journal of Epilepsy

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 247-253

  Devinsky, Orrin ^a,b   Perrine, Kenneth ^a   Pacia, Steven ^a   Vazquez, Bianca ^a   Buchwald, Jill ^a   Luciano, Daniel J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Electrical stimulation; Epilepsy; Language; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

EID: 0031237998     PISSN: 08966974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6974(97)00081-9     Document Type: Article

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