Can the Wada test evaluate mesial temporal function? A SPECT study

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2241-2246

  Setoain, Xavier ^a,b   Arroyo, S ^a   Lomena F ^a   Pavia J ^a   Pareto, D ^a   Boget, T ^a   Bargallo N ^a   Rumia J ^a   Fuster, D ^a   Fuertes, S ^a   Pons, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WADA TEST;

EID: 2942752172     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.62.12.2241     Document Type: Article

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