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Original Articles

Episodic Memory Dysfunction During Sodium Amytal Testing of Epileptic Patients in Relation to Posterior Cerebral Artery Perfusion

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Pages 24-37 | Accepted 08 Mar 1995, Published online: 04 Jan 2008

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