Amusia after right frontal resection for epilepsy with singing seizures: Case report and review of the literature

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 343-347

  McChesney Atkins, Susan ^a   Davies, Keith G ^a,b   Montouris, Georgia D ^a,b   Silver, John T ^b   Menkes, Daniel L ^a,b  

^a SEMMES MURPHEY NEUROLOGIC AND SPINE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amusia; Epilepsy; Frontal lobe; Seizures; Singing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSIC; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SINGING;

EID: 0141615085     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-5050(03)00079-9     Document Type: Article

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