Neuropsychological findings in children with benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 813-818

  Croona, Cecilia ^a   Kihlgren, Margarete ^b   Lundberg, Staffan ^b   Eeg Olofsson, Orvar ^b   Eeg Olofsson, Karin Edebol ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ROLANDIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH DISORDERS;

EID: 0032730114     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162299001620     Document Type: Article

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