Pre- and postoperative intracarotid amytal procedure: An assessment of validity

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 556-563

  Bramham, Jessica ^a   Morris, Robin G ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amygdalohippocampectomy; Intracarotid amytal procedure; Temporal lobectomy; Wada

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RELIABILITY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WADA TEST;

EID: 0242438588     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-5050(03)00161-6     Document Type: Article

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