The neuropsychological and language profile of children with benign rolandic epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 924-930

  Northcott, Ellen ^a,b   Connolly, Anne M ^a   Berroya, Anna ^c,d   Sabaz, Mark ^a   McIntyre, Jenny ^d   Christie, Jane ^d   Taylor, Alan ^b   Batchelor, Jennifer ^b   Bleasel, Andrew F ^c   Lawson, John A ^a,d   Bye, Ann M E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^d SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benign rolandic epilepsy; Childhood; Cognition; Language; Neuropsychological

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECT; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; ROLANDIC EPILEPSY;

ACHIEVEMENT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ROLANDIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 20544462763     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.62304.x     Document Type: Article

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