Postoperative memory prediction in left temporal lobe epilepsy: The Wada test is of no added value to preoperative neuropsychological assessment and MRI

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 335-340

  Elshorst, N ^a   Pohlmann Eden, B ^a,b   Horstmann, S ^a   Schulz, R ^a   Woermann, F ^a   McAndrews, M P ^c  

^a EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intracarotid amytal procedure; Magnetic resonance imaging; Memory prediction; Neuropsychological assessment; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Wada test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL RISK; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; WADA TEST;

ADULT; AMOBARBITAL; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349845447     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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