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Can fMRI replace the Wada test in predicting postsurgical deterioration of verbal memory?

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  1. Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, 1653 West Congress, Parkway, Chicago, IL 60512, USA akanner@rush.edu

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  1. AM Kanner is Professor of Neurological Sciences and Psychiatry at Rush Medical College, Director of the Laboratory of Electroencephalography and Video-EEG-Telemetry, and Associate Director of the Section of Epilepsy and Rush Epilepsy Center, at Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.,

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Kanner, A. Can fMRI replace the Wada test in predicting postsurgical deterioration of verbal memory?. Nat Rev Neurol 4, 364–365 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneuro0825

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