Mental retardation subsequent to refractory partial seizures in infancy

Brain and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-34

  Kramer, Uri ^b   Fattal, Aviva ^a   Nevo, Yoram ^a   Leitner, Yael ^a   Harel, Shaul ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Institute for Child Development   (Israel)

Author keywords

Infancy; Mental; Partial; Retardation; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; DISEASE COURSE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; EPILEPTIC STATE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENTAL RETARDATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033984282     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(99)00109-6     Document Type: Article

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