Clinical, electrophysiological and neuropsychological findings of twenty-two children with mesial temporal sclerosis

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 221-230

  Aynaci, Fatma Müjgan ^a   Özdirim, Emire ^b   Saatçi, Işil ^b   Genç, Demet ^b   Topçu, Meral ^b   Turanli, Güzide ^b   Topaloǧlu, Haluk ^b   Aysun, Sabiha ^b  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Childhood; Mesial temporal sclerosis; Neuropsychologic tests

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LEARNING TEST; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECALL; SEIZURE; SPIKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SCLEROSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0242523166     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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