Assessment of the attention impairment in absence epilepsy: Comparison of visual and auditory P300

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 118-122

  Duncan, Connie C ^a   Mirsky, Allan F ^b   Lovelace, Christopher T ^c   Theodore, William H ^d  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Absence epilepsy; Attention; Complex partial epilepsy; CPT; Event related potentials; P300

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEAD INJURY; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; VISION;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 67649784561     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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