The spectrum of acquired cognitive disturbances in children with partial epilepsy and continuous spike-waves during sleep: A 4-year follow-up case study with prolonged reversible learning arrest and dysfluency

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-29

  Deonna, Thierry ^a   Davidoff, Véronique ^a   Maeder Ingvar, Malin ^a   Zesiger, Pascal ^b   Marcoz, Jean Pierre ^c  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences   (Switzerland)

^c Hopital de Sion   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cognitive disturbances in children; CSWS; Partial epilepsy; Prolonged reversible learning arrest

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ABSENCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; EVOKED RESPONSE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANTICONVULSANTS; ARACHNOID CYSTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANDAU-KLEFFNER SYNDROME; LEARNING DISORDERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031290276     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-3798(97)80006-2     Document Type: Article

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