Relationship between presurgical memory performance on the Wechsler Memory Scale-III and memory change following temporal resection for treatment of intractable epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 372-375

  Harvey, Daniel J ^a   Naugle, Richard I ^a   Magleby, Joshua ^a   Chapin, Jessica S ^a   Najm, Imad M ^a   Bingaman, William ^a   Busch, Robyn M ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Memory change; Temporal lobectomy; Wechsler Memory Scale Revised; Wechsler Memory Scale Third Edition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL MEMORY; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 45649084953     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.04.024     Document Type: Article

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