Complications during the Wada test

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 551-553

  Loddenkemper, Tobias ^a   Morris, Harold H ^a,b   Möddel, Gabriel ^a,c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complications; Intracarotid amobarbital procedure; Wada test

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; METHOHEXITAL; MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEIZURE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; WADA TEST;

AMNESIA; AMOBARBITAL; BRAIN DISEASES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 51049120482     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.05.014     Document Type: Article

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