Longer duration of epilepsy and earlier age at epilepsy onset correlate with impaired cognitive development in infancy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 431-435

  Vendrame, Martina ^a,b   Alexopoulos, Andreas V ^c   Boyer, Katrina ^a   Gregas, Matt ^a,d   Haut, Jennifer ^c   Lineweaver, Tara ^e   Wyllie, Elaine ^c   Loddenkemper, Tobias ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BUTLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Infancy; IQ; Mental development; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ONSET AGE; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE;

AGE OF ONSET; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70449106048     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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