Cognitive functions in children with benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS)

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-23

  Pinton, Florence ^a   Ducot, Béatrice ^a   Motte, Jacques ^b   Arbuès, Anne Sophie ^b   Barondiot, Catherine ^a   Barthez, Marie Anne ^c   Chaix, Yves ^d   Cheminal, Renée ^e   Livet, Marie Odile ^f   Penniello, Marie José ^g   Peudenier, Sylviane ^h   De Saint Martin, Anne ⁱ   Billard, Catherine ^a  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b REIMS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

^d TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f Aix en Provence General Hospital   (France)

^g CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^h RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

BECTS; Benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes; Cognitive functions; Learning skills; Rolandic epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY WITH CENTROTEMPORAL SPIKE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DRAWING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SEIZURE; SPELLING; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ROLANDIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33645783410     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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