Memory testing with intra-carotid sodium amytal: A non-mnestic factor
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Memory testing with intra-carotid sodium amytal: A non-mnestic factor
s 77 Do people with epilepsy know more about the condition than people without epilepsy? T. Duthie*, S. Jarvie+ & H. Kent’ * Glaxo Welcome UK Ltd, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK, ‘Department of Clinical Psychology The Grail Street Centre, Glasgow, UK and $British Epilepsy Association, Anstey House, Leeds, UK The level of knowledge of epilepsy among patients has been shown to be key to the management o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Seizure
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1059-1311
DOI: 10.1016/s1059-1311(98)90025-5