BECTS evolving to Landau-Kleffner Syndrome and back by subsequent recovery: A longitudinal language reorganization case study using fMRI, source EEG, and neuropsychological testing

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 107-114

  Datta, A N ^a   Oser, N ^a,b   Ramelli, G P ^c   Gobbin, N Zanda ^c   Lantz, G ^d   Penner, I K ^a,b   Weber, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

BECTS; Cognition; FMRI; Landau Kleffner; Language laterality; Neuropsychology; Reorganization; Source EEG

Indexed keywords

CLOBAZAM; SULTIAME;

ANGULAR GYRUS; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BENIGN EPILEPSY WITH CENTRO TEMPORAL SPIKE; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENING DOSAGE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; LANGUAGE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; NONREM SLEEP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

BRAIN; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LANDAU-KLEFFNER SYNDROME; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 84873687609     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.12.025     Document Type: Article

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