Special education participation in children with epilepsy: What does it reflect?

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 336-341

  Berg, Anne T ^a   Hesdorffer, Dale C ^b   Zelko, Frank A J ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic difficulties; Case control study; Children; Cognitive function; Epilepsy; Special education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPONSE TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; SPECIAL EDUCATION;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SIBLINGS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053386148     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.07.014     Document Type: Article

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