Confirmatory factor analysis of the WMS-III in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 56-63

  Wilde, Nancy J ^a   Strauss, Esther ^a   Chelune, Gordon J ^b   Hermann, Bruce P ^c   Hunter, Michael ^a   Loring, David W ^d   Martin, Roy C ^e   Sherman, Elisabeth M S ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^f BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MEMORY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ERROR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MODEL; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARAMETER; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0037335607     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.15.1.56     Document Type: Article

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