Intracarotid amobarbital testing in presurgical evaluation of patients with epilepsy

Revue de Neuropsychologie

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 171-184

  Jones Gotman, M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amobarbital; Dominance; Epilepsy; Memory; Wada

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744445055     PISSN: 11554452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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