Are dyslexia and dyscalculia associated with Rolandic epilepsy? A short report on ten Italian patients

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 432-436

  Canavese, Carlotta ^a,b   Rigardetto, Roberto ^a   Viano, Vilma ^a   Vittorini, Roberta ^a   Bassi, Bianca ^a   Pieri, Ilaria ^a   Capizzi, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b OIRM Neuropsichiatria Infantile   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dyscalculia; Dyslexia; Language; Neuropsychology; Rolandic epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITION; DISEASE DURATION; DYSCALCULIA; DYSLEXIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROLANDIC EPILEPSY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE, EPILEPSY AND CONVULSION;

AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; DYSLEXIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ROLANDIC; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING;

EID: 38349093868     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2007.0138     Document Type: Article

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