Longitudinal assessment of neuropsychologic and language function in children with benign rolandic epilepsy

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 518-522

  Northcott, Ellen ^a,b   Connolly, Anne M ^a   McIntyre, Jenny ^c   Christie, Jane ^c   Berroya, Anna ^d   Taylor, Alan ^b   Batchelor, Jennifer ^b   Aaron, Galia ^a   Soe, Samantha ^d   Bleasel, Andrew F ^d   Lawson, John A ^a,c   Bye, Ann M E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT MONITORING; PHONEME; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RECEPTIVE FIELD; ROLANDIC EPILEPSY; SEIZURE; STUDENT T TEST; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ROLANDIC; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 33746067912     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7010.2006.00138     Document Type: Article

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