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This section provides a comprehensive procedural report for WADA test procedure with up-to-date explanatory notes, synopsis of the indications, and contraindications and potential complications in an organized and practical format.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Divisions of Neuroimaging and Neurointervention, 660 First Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY, 10016, USA

    Eytan Raz

  2. Department of Radiology, New York University Langone Medical Center, 660 First Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY, 10016, USA

    Keith G. DeSousa

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  1. Department of Radiology, New York University Langone Med. Center Department of Radiology, NY, New York, USA

    Bedros Taslakian

  2. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

    Aghiad Al-Kutoubi

  3. Department of Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

    Jamal J. Hoballah

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Raz, E., DeSousa, K.G. (2016). Wada Test. In: Taslakian, B., Al-Kutoubi, A., Hoballah, J. (eds) Procedural Dictations in Image-Guided Intervention. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40845-3_148

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