Tests of Attention in Newly Diagnosed Idiopathic Epilepsy

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-16-4-9

Tests of Attention in Newly Diagnosed Idiopathic Epilepsy

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 16 (2002): Issue 4

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Apr 2002

Abstract

Performance on tests of Reaction Time, Color Trails, Manual Tapping and Steadiness, and Sustained Attention were compared in 51 children with epilepsy (age 7-16 years) and 48 healthy classmates, in a study at Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, Utrecht, the Netherlands.

References

Oostrom KJ Schouten A Kruitwagen CL Peters AC Jennekens-Schinkel A Dutch Study of Epilepsy in Childhood (DuSECh) Attention deficits are not characteristic of schoolchildren with newly diagnosed idiopathic or cryptogenic epilepsy Epilepsia 2002 Mar 43 3 301 310 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2002.32301.x 11906516
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-16-4-9 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 30 - 31

Published on: Apr 1, 2002

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Newly Diagnosed Idiopathic Epilepsy,

Behavior Difficulties,

Antiepileptic Medications

© 2002 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 16 (2002): Issue 4