Attention and psychomotor speed decline in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy: A longitudinal study

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 72, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 89-96

  Piazzini, Ada ^a   Turner, Katherine ^a   Chifari, Rosanna ^a   Morabito, Alberto ^a   Canger, Raffaele ^a   Canevini, Maria Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Deterioration; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33845335142     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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