Memory functions following surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy in children

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2850-2862

  Jambaqué, Isabelle ^a,b   Dellatolas, Georges ^a,c   Fohlen, Martine ^b   Bulteau, Christine ^a,b   Watier, Laurence ^c   Dorfmuller, Georg ^b   Chiron, Catherine ^a,c,d   Delalande, Olivier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b FONDATION OPHTALMOLOGIQUE ADOLPHE DE ROTHSCHILD   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Children; Epilepsy surgery; Hippocampectomy; Memory; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ONSET AGE; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMANTIC MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; ATTENTION; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEIZURES;

EID: 34547407864     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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