Spike-induced interference in auditory sensory processing in Landau- Kleffner syndrome

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology - Evoked Potentials

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 506-510

  Seri, Stefano ^a   Cerquiglini, Antonella ^a   Pisani, Francesco ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory evoked responses; Auditory perception; Childhood; Epileptiform discharges; Landau Kleffner Syndrome; Transitory cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY RESPONSE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANDAU-KLEFFNER SYNDROME; LANGUAGE DISORDERS;

EID: 0031667024     PISSN: 01685597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-5597(98)00027-6     Document Type: Article

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