Educational problems with underlying neuropsychological impairment are common in children with Benign Epilepsy of Childhood with Centrotemporal Spikes (BECTS)

Seizure

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 207-212

  Vinayan, K P ^a   Biji, V ^b   Thomas, Sanjeev V ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Inst for Commun/Cogn Neurosci   (India)

Author keywords

Benign childhood epilepsy; Centrotemporal spike; Educational problem; Neuropsychological impairment

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MONOTHERAPY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE; SPIKE WAVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 15844394278     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2005.01.009     Document Type: Article

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