An open, nonrandomized clinical comparative study evaluating the effect of epilepsy on learning

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 795-800

  Aldenkamp, Alabert P ^a,b   Overweg Plandsoen, Wouterina C G ^a   Arends, Johan ^a  

^a EPILEPSY CENTER KEMPENHAEGHE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EDUCATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; NEWBORN DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0033401913     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307389901401205     Document Type: Article

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