Growing up with epilepsy: a two-year investigation of cognitive development in children with new onset epilepsy.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To characterize patterns and determinants of normal and abnormal cognitive development in children with new onset epilepsy compared to healthy controls.

Methods

Longitudinal (2-year) cognitive growth was examined in 100 children, age 8-18 years, including healthy controls (n = 48) and children with new onset epilepsy (n = 52). Cognitive maturation was examined as a function of the presence/absence of two neurobehavioral comorbitiies (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and/or academic problems) identified at the time of epilepsy diagnosis. Groups were compared across a comprehensive neuropsychological battery assessing intelligence, academic achievement, language, memory, executive function, and psychomotor speed.

Results

Children with new onset epilepsy

SUBMITTER: Hermann BP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2921826 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature