The Wada test

Neurodiagnostic Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-33

  Izac, Suzette Marie ^a   Banoczi, Walt ^a  

^a Orange Coast College   (United States)

Author keywords

Delta waves; EEG; Epilepsy; Intracarotid sodium amobarbital (ISA) procedure; Intracarotid sodium amobarbital procedure (IAP); Language dominance; Memory; Neuroradiology; Slow wave activity; Wada test

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LANGUAGE; MEMORY; NEUROSURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0032956594     PISSN: 21646821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1086508x.1999.11079245     Document Type: Article

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