Children with new-onset epilepsy: Neuropsychological status and brain structure

Brain

Volumn 129, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2609-2619

  Hermann, Bruce ^a   Jones, Jana ^a   Sheth, Raj ^a   Dow, Christian ^b   Koehn, Monica ^c   Seidenberg, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; MR volumetrics; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACADEMIC UNDERACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; ONSET AGE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; VOLUMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 33749471099     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awl196     Document Type: Article

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