The wada test with propofol in a patient with epilepsy

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 58, Issue 2 A, 2000, Pages 348-350

  Silva, Ticyana M ^a   Hernández Fustes, Otto J ^a,b   Bueno, Maristela L ^a   Hernández Fustes, Olga J ^a   Varela, Alexandre M ^a   Machado, Silvio ^a  

^a Univ Hosp Pontifical Cathol Univ   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Propofol; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Wada test

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0342298481     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2000000200024     Document Type: Article

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