Benign childhood epilepsy with occipital paroxysms: Neuropsychological findings

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 137-150

  Germanò, Eva ^a   Gagliano, Antonella ^a,b   Magazù, Angela ^a   Sferro, Caterina ^a   Calarese, Tiziana ^a   Mannarino, Erminia ^a   Calamoneri, Filippo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benign focal epilepsy of childhood; Neuropsychological testing; Occipital paroxysms

Indexed keywords

ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; READING; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 20744446353     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2005.03.004     Document Type: Article

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