Learning and memory of school children with epilepsy: A prospective controlled longitudinal study

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 803-811

  Schouten, A ^a   Oostrom, K J ^b   Pestman, W R ^c   Peters, A C B ^b   Jennekens Schinkel, A ^b,d  

^a MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDUCATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL TASK; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECALL; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION;

CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNDERACHIEVEMENT;

EID: 0036890512     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162201002973     Document Type: Article

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