Proposal for a Multicenter Study on Epilepsy and Learning Disorders in Children

Beghi, Ettore; Cornaggia, C; Elia, Maurizio

doi:10.1046/j.1528-1157.2001.00503.x

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“…Epilepsy has been found to affect the development of cognitive and learning functions through a number of factors: etiology, 1 age of onset, [2][3][4] seizure type, duration and severity, interictal epileptiform discharges, [5][6][7][8][9] drug treatment, 2,10 hereditary and psychosocial factors. 1,11,12 Epilepsy may also induce psychopathological disorders or changes in emotional and/or behavioural responses which affect learning functions. [13][14][15][16] For these reasons, newly diagnosed idiopathic epilepsies are the best conditions to investigate the neuropsychological correlates with the disease as there is no underlying brain lesion nor mental retardation.…”

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Neuropsychological and behavioural aspects in children and adolescents with idiopathic epilepsy at diagnosis and after 12 months of treatment

Piccinelli

Beghi

Borgatti

et al. 2010

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Neuropsychological and behavioural aspects in children and adolescents with idiopathic epilepsy at diagnosis and after 12 months of treatment

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Inter-rater reliability of the EEG reading in patients with childhood idiopathic epilepsy

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The Impact of Left Temporal Lobe Seizure Disorder On Learning Disorders: A Case Study

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Hellings

Brown

2010

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This case study describes the relationship between left temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and learning disabilities in a 26-year-old male college student. The client developed seizures following an episode of mycoplasma encephalitis at the age of 7. The client underwent a left temporal lobectomy involving resection of the left mesial temporal lobe, amygdala, hippocampus, and part of the brain stem 6 years prior to the current evaluation, in an attempt to address the frequency of the seizures. The surgery was extensive, including neocortical resection extending posterior to the vein of Labbe along the inferior temporal gyrus. The lobectomy reportedly successfully eliminated the seizures and the need for anti-seizure medications, but no neurological or neuropsychological follow-up occurred until 2009 when he was referred by his academic program for an evaluation of learning disabilities. Results of the neuropsychological evaluation indicated significant expressive language functioning deficits, with generally better-preserved receptive language. However, compared to a pre-surgical neuropsychological evaluation there was evidence for subtle to mild improvement in several aspects of cognitive functioning, likely due to seizure elimination and discontinuation of the anti-seizure medication. Nonetheless, his deficits resulted in significant functional impact on his academic abilities, thus implications for academic intervention were discussed.

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Proposal for a Multicenter Study on Epilepsy and Learning Disorders in Children

Cited by 6 publications

References 9 publications

Neuropsychological and behavioural aspects in children and adolescents with idiopathic epilepsy at diagnosis and after 12 months of treatment

Neuropsychological and behavioural aspects in children and adolescents with idiopathic epilepsy at diagnosis and after 12 months of treatment

Inter-rater reliability of the EEG reading in patients with childhood idiopathic epilepsy

The Impact of Left Temporal Lobe Seizure Disorder On Learning Disorders: A Case Study

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