Pre- and postoperative neuropsychological profiles in children and adolescents with temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1543-1550

  Lendt, Michael ^a   Helmstaedter, Christoph ^b   Elger, Christian Erich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Children; Epilepsy; Memory; Neuropsychology; Temporal lobe resection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MEMORY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMYGDALA; ATTENTION; CHILD; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0032704641     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb02038.x     Document Type: Article

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