Academic achievement in children with epilepsy: A review

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 112-123

  Reilly, Colin ^a   Neville, Brian G R ^a,b  

^a YOUNG EPILEPSY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic underachievement; Correlates; Learning disability; Low academic achievement; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACADEMIC FAILURE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; EPILEPSY; FAMILY ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING DISORDER; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; STUDENTS;

EID: 81055156902     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2011.07.017     Document Type: Article

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