Oxcarbazepine monotherapy in benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes: A clinical and cognitive evaluation

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 458-467

  Tzitiridou, Maria ^a   Panou, Theodora ^b   Ramantani, Georgia ^c   Kambas, Athanasios ^b   Spyroglou, Kleomenis ^b   Panteliadis, Christos ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes; Cognitive functions; Learning disabilities; Oxcarbazepine

Indexed keywords

OXCARBAZEPINE;

ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PSYCHOMETRY; RANK SUM TEST; RELAPSE; SPIKE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ROLANDIC; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LEARNING; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 27744492926     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2005.07.012     Document Type: Article

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