Intellectual and language findings and their relationship to EEG characteristics in benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 278-285

  Riva, Daria ^a   Vago, Chiara ^a   Franceschetti, Silvana ^a   Pantaleoni, Chiara ^a   D'Arrigo, Stefano ^a   Granata, Tiziana ^a   Bulgheroni, Sara ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes; Electroencephalogram; Intelligence; Language

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONREM SLEEP; PHONEME; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS; SPIKE WAVE; TEMPORAL LOBE; WAKEFULNESS;

CHILD; COGNITION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ROLANDIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TEMPORAL LOBE; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 33947269125     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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