Neuropsychological characteristics of nonepileptic seizure semiological subgroups

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 255-260

  Hill, Stacy W ^a   Gale, Shawn D ^a,b  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Neuropsychological; Nonepileptic seizures; Semiology; Subgroups

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATATONIA; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEIZURES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 80053386573     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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