Neuropsychological predictors of academic underachievement in pediatric epilepsy: Moderating roles of demographic, seizure, and psychosocial variables

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1261-1272

  Fastenau, Philip S ^a,b   Shen, Jianzhao ^b   Dunn, David W ^b   Perkins, Susan M ^b   Hermann, Bruce P ^c   Austin, Joan K ^d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Children; Cognition; Epilepsy; Family

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; READING; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VERBAL MEMORY; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNDERACHIEVEMENT;

EID: 5344245488     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.15204.x     Document Type: Article

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