Risk factors for unsuccessful testing during the intracarotid amobarbital procedure in preadolescent children

Epilepsia

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 554-563

  Hamer, Hajo M ^a   Wyllie, Elaine ^a   Stanford, Lisa ^a   Mascha, Edward ^a   Kotagal, Prakash ^a   Wolgamuth, Barbara ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Epilepsy surgery; Intracarotid amobarbital procedure; Language dominance; Wada test

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL;

AGE; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE;

EID: 0034064557     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.2000.tb00209.x     Document Type: Article

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