A comparison of children with epilepsy to an age- and IQ-matched control group on the Children's Memory Scale

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 165-172

  Borden, Kristine ^a   Burns, Thomas ^a   O'Leary, Stephanie ^a  

^a Children's Healthcare of Atlanta ^*  (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL TASK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ONSET AGE; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 33746129606     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: 17444136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297040500276836     Document Type: Article

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