Spacial perception and spatial memory in children with benign childhood epilepsy with centro-temporal spikes (BCECTS)

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-48

  Volkl Kernstock S ^a   Willinger, U ^a   Feucht, M ^a  

^a Department of Neuropsychiatry for Children and Adolescents ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

BCECTS; Children; Neuropsychology; Spatial memory; Spatial orientation

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY WITH CENTROTEMPORAL SPIKES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIFFERENTIAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; KAUFMAN ASSESSMENT BATTERY FOR CHILDREN; MALE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ROLANDIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33750989605     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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