Cognitive and behavioral complications of frontal lobe epilepsy in children: A review of the literature

Epilepsia

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 849-856

  Braakman, Hilde M H ^a,b   Vaessen, Maarten J ^a,b   Hofman, Paul A M ^a,b   Debeij Van Hall, Mariette H J A ^b   Backes, Walter H ^a   Vles, Johan S H ^a,b   Aldenkamp, Albert P ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b EPILEPSY CENTER KEMPENHAEGHE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavior; Child; Cognition; Drug therapy; Epilepsy; frontal lobe; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; THERAPY RESISTANCE;

EID: 79955915960     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03057.x     Document Type: Review

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