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Lateralizing value of the Wada memory test in non-Western patients with temporal lobe epilepsy

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Author(s)
Hongkeun KimSangdoe YiJieun KimEun Ik Son
Keimyung Author(s)
Yi, Sang DoKim, Ji EunSon, Eun Ik
Department
Dept. of Neurology (신경과학)
Dept. of Neurosurgery (신경외과학)
Journal Title
Epilepsy Research
Issued Date
1999
Volume
33
Issue
2-3
Abstract
The Wada memory test measures a psychological construct (i.e. memory), which is widely acknowledged to be
under the influence of a vast array of moderating variables including culture. Thus, the lateralizing value of the Wada
memory test for epileptogenic foci may potentially differ for Western versus non-Western patients with temporal lobe
epilepsy (TLE). In the present study, the lateralizing value of the Wada memory test was investigated in 17 Korean
patients with medically intractable TLE who were post-operatively seizure-free. The Wada memory stimuli were
composed of eight drawings of common objects, animals, and fruits. A clinical criterion of at least 2 points difference
between left and right injections correctly classified 14 patients (82%) into left and right TLE groups, with only one
patient (6%) falsely classified. This diagnostic accuracy is at least as high as that reported for Western TLE patients.
These results indicate that whatever culture-specific factors Korean TLE patients may bring to the Wada memory
test, they do not significantly reduce the lateralizing value of the test. © 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Intracarotid amobarbital test; Wada test; Epilepsy surgery; Memory
Keimyung Author(s)(Kor)
이상도
김지언
손은익
Publisher
School of Medicine
Citation
Hongkeun Kim et al. (1999). Lateralizing value of the Wada memory test in non-Western
patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsy Research, 33(2–3), 125–131. doi: 10.1016/S0920-1211(98)00082-5
Type
Article
ISSN
0920-1211
Source
https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0920121198000825
DOI
10.1016/S0920-1211(98)00082-5
URI
https://kumel.medlib.dsmc.or.kr/handle/2015.oak/34816
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1. School of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Neurosurgery (신경외과학)
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