Neuropsychological and behavioural aspects in children and adolescents with idiopathic epilepsy at diagnosis and after 12 months of treatment

Seizure

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 540-546

  Piccinelli, Paolo ^a,b   Beghi, Ettore ^c   Borgatti, Renato ^b   Ferri, Matteo ^a   Giordano, Laura ^c   Romeo, Antonino ^d   Termine, Cristiano ^a   Viri, Maurizio ^d   Zucca, Claudio ^b   Balottin, Umberto ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^d FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drug; Behaviour; Epilepsy; Follow up; Neuropsychology; Pediatric age

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE TEST; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; ATTENTION; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEMORY; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY, JUVENILE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 77958018146     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2010.07.014     Document Type: Article

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