Diagnostic significance of Wada procedure in very young children and children with developmental delay

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 315-320

  Jansen, Floor E ^a   Jennekens Schinkel, Aag ^a   Van Huffelen, Alexander C ^a   Van Veelen, W M Cees ^a   Van Rijen, C Peter ^a   Alpherts, Willem C J ^b   Vermeulen, Jan ^b   Van Nieuwenhuizen, Onno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Epilepsy; Epilepsy surgery; Feasibility; Intractability; Wada procedure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; WADA TEST;

EID: 0036999963     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-3798(02)90619-7     Document Type: Article

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