The Wada test in Austrian, Dutch, German, and Swiss epilepsy centers from 2000 to 2005: a review of 1421 procedures

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-89

  Haag, A ^a   Knake, S ^a   Hamer, H M ^a   Boesebeck, F ^b   Freitag, H ^c   Schulz, R ^c   Baum, P ^d   Helmstaedter, C ^e   Wellmer, J ^e   Urbach, H ^e   Hopp, P ^f   Mayer, T ^f   Hufnagel, A ^g   Jokeit, H ^h   Lerche, H ⁱ   Uttner, I ⁱ   Meencke, H J ^j   Meierkord, H ^k   Pauli, E ^l   Runge, U ^m   Saar, J ⁿ   Trinka, E ^o   Benke, T ^o   Vulliemoz, S ^p   Wiegand, G ^q   Stephani, U ^q   Wieser, H G ^r   Rating, D ^s   Werhahn, K ^t   Noachtar, S ^u   Schulze Bonhage, A ^v   Wagner, K ^v   Alpherts, W C J ^w   Boas, W van Emde ^w   Rosenow, F ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^f Epilepsy Center Kleinwachau   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^h SWISS EPILEPSY CENTER   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^j Epilepsy Center Berlin Brandenburg   (Germany)

^k CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^m Epilepsy Center Greifswald   (Germany)

ⁿ Epilepsy Center Kork   (Germany)

^o UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^p UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^q UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^r UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^s UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^t UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^u LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^v UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^w STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

more..

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Intracarotid amobarbital procedure; Language; Lateralization; Memory; Wada test

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL; METHOHEXITAL;

ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; BRAIN SURGERY; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPILEPSY; GERMANY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PSYCHOSIS; RELIABILITY; RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; SOMNOLENCE; SWITZERLAND; VALIDITY; WADA TEST;

AUSTRIA; EPILEPSY; GERMANY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MEMORY; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; NETHERLANDS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 44949213649     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.02.012     Document Type: Article

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