Carbonic anhydrase-inhibiting medications and the intracarotid amobarbital procedure in children

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 240-244

  Burns, Thomas G ^a,b   Lee, Gregory P ^c   McCormick, Megan L ^a,d   Pettoni, Ashley N ^a   Flamini, J Robert ^b,e   Cohen, Morris ^c  

^a Children's Healthcare of Atlanta ^*  (United States)

^b Children's Healthcare of Atlanta   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e Child Neurology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic medications; Epilepsy; Intracarotid amobarbital procedure; Neuropsychology; Pediatrics; Wada procedure

Indexed keywords

AMOBARBITAL; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA FAILURE; ARTICLE; CHILD; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; WADA TEST;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AMOBARBITAL; ANESTHESIA; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67349108778     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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