The Wada vanishes - Commentary on Baxendale et al.

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 724-725

  Loddenkemper, Tobias ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC REACTION; AMNESIA; BLEEDING; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; INFECTION; LANGUAGE; LETTER; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; STIMULATION; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; WADA TEST;

EID: 43349091915     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01515_4.x     Document Type: Letter

References (6)

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