Pediatric frontal lobe epilepsy: White matter abnormalities and cognitive impairment

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 252-262

  Braakman, H M H ^a,b   Vaessen, M J ^a,b   Jansen, J F A ^a   Debeij van Hall, M H J A ^b   De Louw, A ^b   Hofman, P A M ^a,b   Vles, J S H ^a,b   Aldenkamp, A P ^a,b   Backes, W H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b EPILEPSY CENTER KEMPENHAEGHE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Neuroimaging; Neuropsychology; Pediatric neurology

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; WHITE MATTER LESION;

EPILEPSY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 84896723642     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ane.12183     Document Type: Article

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