The Relative Influence of Epileptic EEG Discharges, Short Nonconvulsive Seizures, and Type of Epilepsy on Cognitive Function

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 54-63

  Aldenkamp, Albert ^a,b   Arends, Johan ^c  

^a EPILEPSY CENTER KEMPENHAEGHE   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Dept Clin Neurophys Epilepsy Ctr ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EEG and cognitive impairment; Epilepsy and cognitive function; Short non convulsive seizures; Subclinical epileptiform discharges; Transient cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0347355032     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.33403.x     Document Type: Article

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