Does the intracarotid amobarbital procedure predict global amnesia after temporal lobectomy?

Epilepsia

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1321-1329

  Kubu, C S ^a,b   Girvin, J P ^b   McLachlan, R S ^b   Pavol, M ^a   Harnadek, M C S ^a,b  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intracarotid amobarbital procedure; Memory; Wada

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0033775191     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.2000.tb04612.x     Document Type: Article

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