Cortex
Volume 45, Issue 10 , Pages 1178-1189 , November 2009

Hemispheric lateralization and language skill coherence in temporal lobe epilepsy

  • Joseph I. Tracy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, United States
    • Department of Radiology, Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Medical College, 900 Walnut Street, Suite 206, Philadelphia, PA 19107, United States.
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  • Brigid Waldron

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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  • David Glosser

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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  • Ashwini Sharan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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  • Scott Mintzer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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  • Andro Zangaladze

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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  • Christopher Skidmore

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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  • Imran Siddiqui

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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  • Elizabeth Caris

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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  • Michael R. Sperling

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Received 18 June 2008 ,Revised 17 September 2008 ,Accepted 26 January 2009.

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☆ Disclosure: This research was supported, in part, by NIH grant NIH R21NS056071-01A1 awarded to Dr. Joseph Tracy. The authors report no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0010-9452(09)00041-0

doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2009.01.007

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