Are there changes in intelligence and memory functioning following surgery for the treatment of refractory epilepsy in childhood?

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 18, Issue 6-7, 2002, Pages 306-310

  Kuehn, Sally ^a   Keene, Daniel L ^a   Richards, Pauline M P ^a   Ventureyra, Enrique C G ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortical resection; Intelligence; Intractable epilepsy; Memory

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; ONSET AGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0036663819     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-002-0599-7     Document Type: Article

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