Recognition memory is impaired in children after prolonged febrile seizures

Brain

Volumn 135, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3153-3164

  Martinos, Marina M ^a   Yoong, Michael ^a   Patil, Shekhar ^a   Chin, Richard F M ^b,c   Neville, Brian G ^a,b   Scott, Rod C ^a,b,d   De Haan, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b YOUNG EPILEPSY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

hippocampus; memory; prolonged febrile seizures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECOGNITION; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84867726545     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/aws213     Document Type: Article

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