Cognitive development in benign focal epilepsies of childhood

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 3-5, 1999, Pages 182-190

  Metz Lutz, Marie Noëlle ^a   Kleitz, Catherine ^b   De Saint Martin, Anne ^b   Massa, Rita ^b   Hirsch, Edouard ^b   Marescaux, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Attention; Benign focal epilepsy of childhood; Cognitive development; Learning; Memory

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CLOBAZAM; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SPIKE WAVE;

EID: 0032737891     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017397     Document Type: Article

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