Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 111, Issue 1 , Pages 97-101 , January 2009

Cortical stimulation mapping in a patient with foreign accent syndrome: Case report

  • Taylor J. Abel
    • ,
  • Adam O. Hebb
    • ,
  • Daniel L. Silbergeld

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: University of Washington Medical Center, Department of Neurological Surgery, 1959 NE Pacific, Box 356470, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. Tel.: +1 206 543 3570; fax: +1 206 543 8315.

Received 26 February 2008 ,Revised 13 July 2008 ,Accepted 15 July 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2008.07.014

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 111, Issue 1 , Pages 97-101 , January 2009

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