Quo vadis Wada?

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-2

  Loddenkemper, Tobias ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ALGORITHM; BRAIN DAMAGE; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; EDITORIAL; EPILEPSY; ETHICS; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; MEMORY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RELIABILITY; RETINA DISEASE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT; STROKE; VALIDITY; WADA TEST;

EPILEPSY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 46549086424     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.04.002     Document Type: Editorial

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