Increased frequency of rolandic spikes in ADHD children

Epilepsia

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1241-1244

  Holtmann, Martin ^a,b   Becker, Katja ^a   Kentner Figura, Beate ^a   Schmidt, Martin H ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ADHD; BECTS; Brain maturation; Rolandic spikes; Transient cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROLANDIC EPILEPSY; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; SLEEP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY, ROLANDIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0041413302     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2003.13403.x     Document Type: Article

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