Bilateral memory dysfunction in epilepsy surgery candidates detected by the intracarotid amobarbital procedure (Wada memory test)

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 82-91

  Diaz Arrastia, Ramon ^a   Frol, Alan B ^b   Garcia, Maria C ^a   Agostini, Mark A ^a   Chason, David P ^a   Lacritz, Laura H ^b   Cullum, C Munro ^a,b   Van Ness, Paul C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Hippocampal sclerosis; Intracarotid amobarbital procedure; Neuropsychologic testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ONSET AGE; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; WADA TEST;

EID: 0036487115     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ebeh.2001.0298     Document Type: Article

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