Effects of incorporating memory confidence ratings and language handicap modifications on intracarotid amobarbital procedure (Wada test) memory asymmetry scores

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1286-1291

  Hamberger, Marla J ^a,b   Hirsch, Lawrence J ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amobarbital; Epilepsy; Memory asymmetry; Temporal lobe; Wada test

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LANGUAGE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; MENTAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; AMOBARBITAL; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; LANGUAGE; MEMORY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0032833456     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb00859.x     Document Type: Article

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