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Neuropsychological assessment in children with absence epilepsy


Neuropsychological assessment in children with absence epilepsy

Language skills tend to be relatively well preserved in children with generalized epilepsy, with more dysfunction seen in global terms rather than specific ...

Neuropsychological assessment in children with absence epilepsy.

Examined the neuropsychological profile in a homogeneous group of 16 right-handed children with absence epilepsy (aged 6–16 yrs) and compared then to 16 ...

Neuropsychological impairment in childhood absence epilepsy

Aim: Childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) is a paediatric epilepsy syndrome characterized by typical absence seizures in school age children. Although it is ...

Cognitive development in absence epilepsy during long-term follow ...

Absence epilepsy (AE) has been associated with lower than average cognitive functioning, which are clinically relevant in some and may predispose to ...

Assessing cognitive and executive function in childhood absence ...

The clinical characteristics of typical absence seizures are impaired awareness with subtle motor symptoms, and a pattern of EEG with bilateral, ...

Towards a Better Understanding of Cognitive Deficits in Absence ...

Cognition in absence epilepsy (AE) is generally considered undisturbed. However, reports on cognitive deficits in AE in recent years have ...

Clinical profile and neuropsychological assessment of childhood ...

Visual memory has been reported to be weak in children with absence seizures when compared to other epilepsy.8. The outcome of CAE in general is ...

Role of neuropsychology in identification of CSWS in a school-aged ...

Neuropsychological evaluation has long played an important role in management of cognitive sequelae of epilepsy in adult and pediatric patients. Historically, ...

Absence epilepsy: Characteristics, pathophysiology, attention ...

Mild-to-severe difficulties at school have been recorded in the majority of the children, while 38% of the sample manifested learning problems. Except from ...

Neuropsychological impairment in childhood absence epilepsy

In intellectual functioning, CAE patients perform worse than healthy children. · CAE seems to affect language and learning. · Executive functions have been ...

An Underrecognized Condition, Yet Easily Diagnosed & Treated

Childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) is one of the most common pediatric epilepsy syndromes, affecting 10 to 18% of all children with epilepsy in the United ...

Neuropsychological Assessment in Children with Absence Epilepsy

The authors found lower scores of measures of general cognitive functioning and visuospatial skills in patients with absence epilepsy, as compared to controls.

Clinical profile and neuropsychological assessment of childhood ...

Conclusions: Though Children with Absence Epilepsy has average or above average IQ, it is associated with significant co-morbidity which if ...

Attention Contributes to Arithmetic Deficits in New-Onset Childhood ...

Neuropsychological studies indicate that new-onset childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) is associated with deficits in attention and executive functioning.

Cognitive profile and academic achievement of children with ...

The cognitive functions of children with absence epilepsy are impaired in their executive functions and in their sustained and divided attention. The ...

Evaluation of children and adolescents with epilepsy. - APA PsycNet

The neuropsychological assessment of children and adolescents with epilepsy is a complex undertaking. The competent clinician will have knowledge of the ...

Neuropsychological impairment in childhood absence epilepsy

Results In intellectual functioning, CAE patients seem to perform worse than healthy children, even if their IQ scores fall within the normal range. Similarly, ...

Epilepsy: Neuropsychological Assessment | Patient Education

A neuropsychological assessment for epilepsy evaluates your child's thinking abilities. It is performed by a neuropsychologist, trained to evaluate brain ...

Childhood Absence Epilepsy - IntechOpen

... epilepsy syndrome characterized by absence seizures affecting young ... Neuropsychological assessment in children with absence epilepsy.

Neuropsychological assessment of children with epilepsy and ...

Introduction: Many studies have shown altered neuropsychological functioning of children with epilepsy even in the absence of intellectual disability, with ...