Who needs a Wada test? Present clinical indications for amobarbital procedures

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 503-509

  Wagner, Kathrin ^a   Hader, Claudia ^a   Metternich, Birgitta ^a   Buschmann, Franziska ^a   Schwarzwald, Ralf ^a   Schulze Bonhage, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; WADA TEST;

EID: 84859733129     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2011-300417     Document Type: Article

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