Surgical versus medical treatment for severe epilepsy: Consequences for intellectual functioning in children and adults. A follow-up study

Seizure

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 473-482

  Bjørnæs, Helge ^a   Stabell, Kirsten E ^a   Henriksen, Olaf ^a   Røte, Geir ^b   Diep, Lien M ^b  

^a The National Centre for Epilepsy   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adults; Children; Intelligence; Refractory epilepsy; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MODEL; ONSET AGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSYCHOSURGERY; TEMPORAL LOBE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHOSURGERY; TEMPORAL LOBE; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 1842831570     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(02)00134-6     Document Type: Article

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