Beneficial effects of antiepileptic medication on absence seizures and cognitive functioning in children

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-91

  Siren A ^a,b   Kylliainen A ^a,c   Tenhunen, M ^a   Hirvonen, K ^a   Riita, T ^a   Koivikko, M ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b FOLKHÄLSAN INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic medication; Cognitive functioning; Fine motor fluency; Remission of seizures; Typical absence seizure; Visual memory

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ETHOSUXIMIDE; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; ASTHMA; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MEMORY; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 34547129086     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.04.009     Document Type: Article

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