Cognitive assessment in epilepsy surgery of children

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 744-759

  Battaglia, D ^a,c   Chieffo, D ^a   Lettori, D ^a   Perrino, F ^a   Di Rocco, C ^b   Guzzetta, F ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Neurocognitive outcome; Pediatric age; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE CONTROL; EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33746305045     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0151-2     Document Type: Article

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