Cognitive Deficits at Onset of Epilepsy

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-23-9-7

Keywords:

Neuropsychological Deficit, Symptomatic/Cryptogenic Seizure Etiology, Absence Epilepsy

Abstract

Neuropsychological functioning and academic achievement were determined at the time of the first seizure in a prospective study of 282 children (ages 6-14 years, with IQ >70) and compared with 147 healthy siblings examined at Indiana University, Case Medical Center, and Cincinnati Children's Hospital.

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Published

2009-09-01

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Section

Seizure Disorders