Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: The impact of clinical variables and psychiatric disorders on executive profile assessed with a comprehensive neuropsychological battery

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 682-686

  Moschetta, Sylvie P ^a   Valente, Kette D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Attentional functions; Executive functions; Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FINGER SPAN TEST; FLUENCY DISORDER; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MATCHING FAMILIAR FIGURES TEST; MENTAL DISEASE; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SEIZURE; STROOP TEST; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST; WORD FLUENCY TEST; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONCEPT FORMATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY, JUVENILE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROOP TEST; WECHSLER SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871713108     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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