Special education needs of children with newly diagnosed epilepsy

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 749-753

  Berg, Anne T ^a   Smith, Susan N ^b   Frobish, Daniel ^a   Levy, Susan R ^b   Testa, Francine M ^b   Beckerman, Barbara ^b   Shinnar, Shlomo ^c  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY CARE; CURRICULUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; EDUCATION; INFANT; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 27744594029     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S001216220500157X     Document Type: Article

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