Cognitive performances in newly referred patients with temporal lobe epilepsy: Comparison with normal subjects in basal condition and after treatment with controlled-release carbamazepine

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 97-107

  Gigli, Gian Luigi ^b   Maschio, Marta ^b   Diomedi, Marina ^b   Placidi, Fabio ^b   Silvestri, Giulia ^b   Marciani, Maria Grazia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

antiepileptic drugs; Carbamazepine CR; cognitive functions; complex partial seizures; neuropsychological tests; temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030294961     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207459608999816     Document Type: Article

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