Frontal functions in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 243-246

  Devinsky, Orrin ^a,b   Gershengorn, Janet ^a   Brown, Eric ^a   Perrine, Kenneth ^a   Vazquez, Blanca ^a   Luciano, Daniel ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive functioning; Frontal functioning; Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy; Myoclonic seizures; Neuropsychological functioning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MENTAL TEST; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 0030723039     PISSN: 0894878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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