Cognitive Function and Absence Epilepsy

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-26-12-3

Cognitive Function and Absence Epilepsy

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 26 (2012): Issue 12

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Dec 2012

Abstract

Researchers at the University of Rome, Italy studied executive function and attention in 15 children with childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) (8 boys, 7 girls), under treatment with valproic acid, compared to healthy controls.

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Articles in this issue

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-26-12-3 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 91 - 91

Published on: Dec 1, 2012

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Category Fluency,

Phonological Fluency,

Digit Span Backward

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Volume 26 (2012): Issue 12