Executive functions and seizure-related factors in children with epilepsy in western Norway

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 519-525

  Høie, Bjorg ^a,c   Mykletun, A ^b   Waaler, P E ^a   Skeidsvoll, H ^a   Sommerfelt, K ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORWAY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; ROLANDIC EPILEPSY; SOCIAL STATUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NORWAY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33646685416     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162206001095     Document Type: Article

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