Cognitive and behavioural disorders of epileptic origin in children
By: Thierry Deonna, Elaine Roulet-Perez ; foreword by Jean Aicardi.
Contributors: Roulet-Perez, Elaine.
Series: Clinics in developmental medicine -- no. 168
Publisher: Mac Keith Press; Distributed by Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London; [Cambridge, UK]; [New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
Subjects: Epilepsy in children; Cognition disorders in children; Behavior disorders in children; Cognition Disorders -- etiology -- Child; Child Behavior Disorders -- etiology; Epilepsy -- complications -- Child
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-229) and index.
Table of contents: title: Cognitive effects of epilepsy : epilepsy as a non-paroxysmal disorder and the concept of "cognitive epilepsies"; title: Epilepsy in the developing brain; title: Epilepsy and cognitive functions : identifying the direct effects of epilepsy; title: Epilepsy and cognitive functions : the other variables; title: Cognitive and behavioural problems in childhood epilepsies : a literature review; title: Childhood neuropsychology (developmental cognitive neuropsychology) in the context of epilepsy; title: Epileptic cognitive dysfunction in specific epileptic syndromes or epileptic conditions; title: Epileptic cognitive dysfunction in some specific brain pathologies; title: Epilepsy surgery in children : an opportunity to study the direct role of epilepsy in cognitive disturbances; title: Epilepsy and mental retardation : the role of epilepsy; title: Developmental disorders and epilepsy; title: Neuropsychological evaluation of cognitive-behavioural effects of epilepsy in children; title: Practical clinical issues in diagnosis and antiepileptic drug therapy; title: Psychological and educational aspects : special implications for epilepsies with cognitive manifestations; title: Adult outcome of childhood epilepsies with 'cognitive' epileptic manifestations : unexpected lessons from follow-up studies.