The impact of different neuropathologies on pre- and postsurgical neuropsychological functioning in children with temporal lobe epilepsy

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 46-49

  Bigel, Maria G ^a   Smith, Mary Lou ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0035370632     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2626(01)80031-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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