The Wada test with propofol in a patient with epilepsy

The usual drug used in the Wada test is amobarbital, but it is not available in Brazil. Propofol was already used by Bazin et al. in 1998, and in their report the test resulted good in the absence of any adverse effect. We report the use of propofol as the anesthetic for the Wada test. The test was...

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Main Authors: TICYANA M. SILVA, OTTO J. HERNÁNDEZ-FUSTES, MARISTELA L. BUENO, OLGA J. HERNÁNDEZ-FUSTES, ALEXANDRE M. VARELA, SILVIO MACHADO
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Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2000-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2000000200024&tlng=en
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