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Network Analysis of the Default Mode Network Using Functional Connectivity MRI in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Published on: August 5, 2014
Language lateralization by Wada test and fMRI in 100 patients with epilepsy
F G Woermann1, H Jokeit, R Luerding
1Mara Hospital and Institute for Interdisciplinary Epilepsy Research, Bethel Epilepsy Centre, Bielefeld, Germany. fgw@mara.de
Abstract:
Comparing the determination of language dominance using fMRI with results of the Wada test in 100 patients with different localization-related epilepsies, the authors found 91% concordance between both tests. The overall rate of false categorization by fMRI was 9%, ranging from 3% in left-sided temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) to 25% in left-sided extratemporal epilepsy. Language fMRI might reduce the necessity of the Wada test for language lateralization, especially in TLE.
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