Predictive value of the intracarotid amobarbital test in bihemispheric seizure onset

Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 409-411

  Swearer, J M ^a   Kane, K J ^a   Phillips, C A ^a   Weaver, J P ^a   Anderson, T D ^a   Lavoie, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

EID: 0033555942     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.52.2.409     Document Type: Article

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