Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and nocturnal epileptiform activity in children with epilepsy admitted to a national epilepsy center

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 445-449

  Wannag, Ebba ^a   Eriksson, Ann Sofie ^b   Larsson, Pål Gunnar ^b  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

24 hour EEG; Adolescents; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Childhood seizures; Children; Epilepsy; Prevalence; Subclinical epileptiform activity

Indexed keywords

CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; LAMOTRIGINE; NITRAZEPAM; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REM SLEEP; SCHOOL CHILD; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAIN; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NORWAY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP DISORDERS; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 77955589086     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.05.013     Document Type: Article

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