Intellectual impairment in patients with epilepsy in Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 395-401

  Sunmonu, T A ^a,c   Komolafe, M A ^a   Ogunrin, A O ^b   Oladimeji, B Y ^c   Ogunniyi, A ^d  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITALS COMPLEX   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

^c OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Epilepsy; Intellectual impairment; Mental retardation; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT DURATION; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 55949101386     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2008.01054.x     Document Type: Article

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