Pre- and postoperative verbal memory in pediatric patients with temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 287-296

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b St Mauritius Therapieklinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Surgery; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Verbal memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PLASTICITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RISK FACTOR; SCLEROSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHILD; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0036774118     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-1211(02)00158-4     Document Type: Article

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