Neuropsychological outcome in children after frontal lobe epilepsy surgery

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 51-59

  Lendt, M ^a,b   Gleissner, U ^a   Helmstaedter, C ^a   Sassen, R ^a   Clusmann, H ^a   Elger, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b Rehabilitation Center St Mauritius   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Cognitive outcome; Frontal lobe epilepsy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTRACAROTID AMYTAL TEST; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036487036     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ebeh.2001.0296     Document Type: Article

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