Memory impairment in children with temporal lobe epilepsy: A review

Journal of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 22-25

  Guimarães, Catarina A ^a,b   Li, Li Min ^a,b   Rzezak, Patrícia ^a,b   Fuentes, Daniel ^a,b   Franzon, Renata C ^a,b   Montenegro, Maria Augusta ^a,b   Valente, Kette ^a,b   Cendes, Fernando ^a,b   Guerreiro, Marilisa M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Childhood; Memory; Neuropsychological assessment; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PATHOGENESIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION;

EID: 33846828608     PISSN: 16762649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1676-26492006000200005     Document Type: Review

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