Long-term neuropsychological follow-up and nosological considerations in five patients with continuous spikes and waves during slow sleep

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 243-249

  Veggiotti, Pierangelo ^a   Termine, Cristiano ^b   Granocchio, Elisa ^a   Bova, Stefania ^a   Papalia, Grazia ^a   Lanzi, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Continous Spikes and Waves during Slow Sleep; Electrical status epilepticus; Follow up; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SLOW WAVE SLEEP;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEIZURES; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS; STEROIDS; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 0036929012     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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