Cognitive Disorders in Benign Childhood Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes (BECTS)

Abstract

Intelligence and language functions were examined in 24 children (mean age 9 yrs; range 7-12 yrs) with BECTS and compared with a group of 16 controls matched for age and schooling, in a study at the Instituto Nazionale Neurologico, Milan, Italy.

Keywords

• intelligence and language functions
• neuropsychological functions
• neuropsychological dysfunction