Landau-Kleffner syndrome: Long-term follow-up

Brain and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-63

  Duran, Marcos H C ^a   Guimarães, Catarina A ^a   Medeiros, Lívia L ^a   Guerreiro, Marilisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agnosia; Aphasia; Childhood; Epilepsy; Follow up; Landau Kleffner Syndrome

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; LAMOTRIGINE; NITRAZEPAM; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGNOSIA; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNER RATING SCALE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT FORM 36; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VINELAND ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGNOSIA; APHASIA; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LANDAU-KLEFFNER SYNDROME; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57349135777     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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