Factors influencing the academic performance of school children with epilepsy

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 338-343

  Ibekwe, Roland C ^a   Ojinnaka, N C ^b   Iloeje, S O ^b  

^a EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; NITRAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID;

ABSENCE; ABSENTEEISM; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATONIC SEIZURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MIXED SEIZURE; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NIGERIA; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL CLASS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NIGERIA; RISK FACTORS; UNDERACHIEVEMENT;

EID: 36248995893     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmm034     Document Type: Article

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