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Wada Testing in Pediatric Patients by Use of Propofol Anesthesia
Lynette T. Masters, Kenneth Perrine, Orrin Devinsky and Peter Kim Nelson
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2000, 21 (7) 1302-1305;
Lynette T. Masters
aFrom the Neurointerventional Service (LTM, PKN), Department of Radiology, and the Department of Neurology (KP, OD), New York University School of Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY.
Kenneth Perrine
aFrom the Neurointerventional Service (LTM, PKN), Department of Radiology, and the Department of Neurology (KP, OD), New York University School of Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY.
Orrin Devinsky
aFrom the Neurointerventional Service (LTM, PKN), Department of Radiology, and the Department of Neurology (KP, OD), New York University School of Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY.
Peter Kim Nelson
aFrom the Neurointerventional Service (LTM, PKN), Department of Radiology, and the Department of Neurology (KP, OD), New York University School of Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY.

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Lynette T. Masters, Kenneth Perrine, Orrin Devinsky, Peter Kim Nelson
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