Epileptic syndromes, cognitive assessment and school placement: A study of 251 children

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 319-327

  Bulteau, C ^a   Jambaque, I ^b   Viguier, D ^b   Kieffer, V ^b   Dellatolas, G ^b   Dulac, O ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

^b Service de Neuropédiatrie ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE DURATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034025833     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162200000566     Document Type: Article

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