Performance of children with epilepsy and normal age-matched controls on the WISC-III

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 173-180

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ONSET AGE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 33746158576     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: 17444136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297040500276844     Document Type: Article

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