Behavioral phenotypes of childhood idiopathic epilepsies.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To characterize the presence and nature of discrete behavioral phenotypes and their correlates in a cohort of youth with new and recent onset focal and generalized epilepsies.

Methods

The parents of 290 youth (age = 8-18 years) with epilepsy (n = 183) and typically developing participants (n = 107) completed the Child Behavior Checklist for children aged 6-18 from the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment. The eight behavior problem scales were subjected to hierarchical clustering analytics to identify behavioral subgroups. To characterize the external validity and co-occurring comorbidities of the identified subgroups, we examined demographic features (age, gender, handedness), cognition (language, perception, attention, executive function, speed), acad

SUBMITTER: Hermann BP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7387224 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature