Verbal fluency in focal epilepsy: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Neuropsychology Review

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 200-218

  Metternich, B ^a   Buschmann, F ^a   Wagner, K ^a   Schulze Bonhage, A ^a   Kriston, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Focal epilepsy; Frontal; Meta analysis; Phonemic; Semantic; Systematic review; Temporal lobe; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHONETICS; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904255178     PISSN: 10407308     EISSN: 15736660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11065-014-9255-8     Document Type: Review

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