The consequences of idiopathic partial epilepsies in relation to neuropsychological functioning: A closer look at the associated mathematical disability

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-31

  Sart, Z Hande ^a   Demirbilek, Veysi ^b   Korkmaz, Bariş ^b   Slade, Peter D ^c   Dervent, Ayşin ^b   Townes, Brenda D ^d  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d Icanho   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BECTS; Cognitive functioning; Gastaut occipital epilepsy; Mathematics achievement; Neuropsychology; Panayiotopoulos syndrome; Rolandic epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY WITH CENTROTEMPORAL SPIKE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAWING; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC CHILDHOOD OCCIPITAL EPILEPSY; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SOCIAL STATUS; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COGNITION; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33645791614     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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