The intellectual profile of pediatric patients with posterior cortex epilepsy

CONCLUSIONS: Children and adolescents with PCE demonstrated significant impairment in working memory and processing speed. The pattern of cognitive dysfunction in PCE was similar to that observed in FLE, which expands the evidence of the involvement of frontoparietal networks on cognitive proficiency.PMID:34839240 | DOI:10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.108447

Source: Epilepsy and Behaviour - November 28, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Lucas Emmanuel Lopes E Santos Geisa de Angelis Tonicarlo Rodrigues Velasco Ursula Thome Marcelo Volpon Santos H élio Rubens Machado Ana Paula Andrade Hamad Am érico Ceiki Sakamoto Lauro Wichert-Ana Source Type: research