Lateralization of temporal lobe epilepsy and learning disabilities, as defined by disability-related civil rights law

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 963-970

  Butterbaugh, Grant ^a,b   Olejniczak, Piotr ^a,b   Roques, Betsy ^a,b   Costa, Richard ^b   Rose, Marcy ^a,b   Fisch, Bruce ^a,b   Carey, Michael ^a,b   Thomson, Jessica ^a   Skinner, John ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Pathology   (United States)

Author keywords

Americans with Disabilities Act.; Epilepsy; Learning disabilities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CAREER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LANGUAGE; LAW; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; READING; SURGICAL PATIENT; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; WORK; WRITING;

ADULT; CIVIL RIGHTS; DISABLED PERSONS; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4043174934     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.29803.x     Document Type: Article

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