Cognitive and motor outcomes in children with unilateral Sturge-Weber syndrome: Effect of age at seizure onset and side of brain involvement.

CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that seizure onset prior to age 1year has a profound effect on severity of cognitive and motor dysfunction in children with SWS; however, the effect of seizures on the type of cognitive deficit is influenced by laterality of brain involvement. PMID: 29414553 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29414553?dopt=Abstract

Source: Epilepsy and Behaviour - February 2, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Luat AF, Behen ME, Chugani HT, Juhász C Tags: Epilepsy Behav Source Type: research