Organic and Non-Organic Language Disorders after Awake Brain Surgery

INTRODUCTION: Awake surgery with Direct Electrical Stimulation (DES) is considered the ‘gold standard’ to resect brain tumours in the language dominant hemisphere (De Witte & Mariën, 2013). Although transient language impairments are common in the immediate postoperative phase, permanent postope...

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Main Authors: Elke De Witte, Erik Robert, Peter Mariën
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/conf.fpsyg.2014.64.00033/full