کاهش یافته در جستجوی کلمه: هدف شناختی هدف، بیشتر مربوط به بیماران پس از عمل جراحی صرع لوب مرییانی

Impairment in word-finding seems to be the objective cognitive finding most relevant to Brazilian patients after mesial temporal lobe epilepsy surgery. Similar to American patients, the side of surgery and age are good predictors for no decline in the BNT, but shows a lower accuracy to predict its decline. If replicated in other populations, the results may have wider implications for the surgical management of patients with drug-resistant MTLE.