EEG improvements with antiepileptic drug treatment can show a high correlation with behavioral recovery in children with ADHD

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 443-448

  Kanemura, Hideaki ^a   Sano, Fumikazu ^a   Tando, Tomoko ^a   Hosaka, Hiromi ^a   Sugita, Kanji ^a   Aihara, Masao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

ADHD rating scale (ADHD RS); Antiepileptic drug (AED); Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); Behavior; Electroencephalogram (EEG); Frontal paroxysmal abnormality; Global assessment of functioning (GAF); Transitory cognitive impairment; Valproate sodium (VPA)

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER RATING SCALE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING; HUMAN; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROLANDIC EPILEPSY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIKE WAVE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAIN WAVES; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 84876713323     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.03.014     Document Type: Article

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