Starting at the beginning: The neuropsychological status of children with new-onset epilepsies

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-21

  Hermann, Bruce P ^a   Jones, Jana E ^a   Jackson, Daren C ^a   Seidenberg, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive; Epilepsy; Neurobehavior; Neurodevelopment; Psychiatric; Social

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84859464840     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2012.0483     Document Type: Review

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