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2247209

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-1-9
pubmed:abstractText
Cerebral language lateralization was investigated in 103 patients undergoing intracarotid amobarbital testing as part of their diagnostic work-up for epilepsy surgery. Inclusion criteria included adequate bilateral intracarotid amobarbital studies and no radiologic lesion in areas other than the temporal lobe. Language was evaluated with respect to strict presence or absence of language representation, in which a patient was considered to have bilateral language despite potentially having asymmetric language representation, and with respect to forced relative hemispheric dominance, in which a single side could be considered dominant despite bilateral language representation. Seventy-nine patients displayed exclusive left hemisphere language representation, two patients showed exclusive right hemisphere language representation, and 22 patients had language represented in each hemisphere. In the 22 patients with bilateral language, an asymmetry was present in 17 cases (13 L greater than R, 4 R greater than L). These data indicate that language restricted only to the right hemisphere is rare, and that in the absence of purely left hemisphere language, most patients exhibit bilateral representation. Previously reported incidence of exclusive right hemisphere language may be an artifact of dichotomizing a continuous variable.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0028-3932
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
831-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Cerebral language lateralization: evidence from intracarotid amobarbital testing.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912-3275.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.