Comparative role of neuropsychological testing in the presurgical evaluation of children with medically intractable epilepsies

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 875-880

  Souza Oliveira, Cecília ^a   Escorsi Rosset, Sara ^a   Bianchin, Marino Muxfeldt ^b   Terra, Vera Cristina ^a   Wichert Ana, Lauro ^a   MacHado, Hélio Rubens ^a,c   Sakamoto, Américo Ceiki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c Centro de Cirurgia de Epilepsia CIREP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Children; Epilepsy surgery; Neuropsychology; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67349151919     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-009-0839-1     Document Type: Article

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