Diagnostic validity of a neuropsychological test battery for Hispanic patients with epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 479-483

  Barr, William B ^a   Bender, Heidi A ^a   Morrison, Chris ^a   Cruz Laureano, Daniel ^b   Vazquez, Blanca ^a   Kuzniecky, Ruben ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural; Memory; Naming; Neuropsychology; Processing speed; Spanish; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL SCREENING BATTERY FOR HISPANIC; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VALIDITY; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350622588     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.08.030     Document Type: Article

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