Epilepsy Research
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 221-226 , July 1995

Response of human epileptic temporal lobe cortical blood flow to hyperventilation

  • Martin E. Weinand

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: (602) 626-6792; Fax: (602) 626-8313.
    • Section of Neurosurgery, Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
    • Arizona Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, Tucson, AZ, USA
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  • L. Philip Carter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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  • Kalarickal J. Oommen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
    • ,
  • Ron Hutzler

      Affiliations

    • Arizona Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, Tucson, AZ, USA
    • ,
  • David M. Labiner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
    • Arizona Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, Tucson, AZ, USA
    • ,
  • Dinesh Talwar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
    • Arizona Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, Tucson, AZ, USA
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  • Waleed El-Saadany

      Affiliations

    • Section of Neurosurgery, Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
    • Arizona Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, Tucson, AZ, USA
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  • Geoffrey L. Ahern

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
    • Arizona Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, Tucson, AZ, USA

,Accepted 20 March 1995.

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