The effects of duration of intractable epilepsy on memory function

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 469-477

  Kent, Glenn P ^a   Schefft, Bruce K ^a,b   Howe, Steven R ^a   Szaflarski, Jerzy P ^b,c   Yeh, Hwa Shain ^d   Privitera, Michael D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Memory; Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures; Seizure; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ONSET AGE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33750302079     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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