Cognitive function in preschool children after epilepsy surgery: Rationale for early intervention

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 561-567

  Freitag, Hedwig ^a   Tuxhorn, Ingrid ^a  

^a EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Early childhood epilepsy; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATCH UP GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE DURATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16344388093     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2005.03504.x     Document Type: Article

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