Prediction of verbal memory decline after epilepsy surgery in children: Effectiveness of Wada memory asymmetries

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 97-103

  Lee, Gregory P ^a   Westerveld, Michael ^b   Blackburn, Lynn B ^c   Park, Yong D ^a   Loring, David W ^d  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Memory asymmetry; Surgery; Wada

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WADA TEST;

ADOLESCENT; AMOBARBITAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 13144251110     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2005.41704.x     Document Type: Article

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