Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 12-16 , January 2010

Neuropsychological aspects of benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes

  • H. Goldberg-Stern

      Affiliations

    • Epilepsy Center, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqwa, Israel
    • Department of Neurology, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqwa, Israel
    • Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Epilepsy Center, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, 14 Kaplan Street, Petah Tiqwa 49202, Israel. Tel.: +972 3 9253132; fax: +972 3 9253871.
    • ,
  • O.M. Gonen

      Affiliations

    • Epilepsy Center, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqwa, Israel
    • Department of Neurology, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqwa, Israel
    • Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • M. Sadeh

      Affiliations

    • Child Developmental Institute, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqwa, Israel
    • Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • S. Kivity

      Affiliations

    • Epilepsy Center, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqwa, Israel
    • Department of Neurology, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqwa, Israel
    • ,
  • A. Shuper

      Affiliations

    • Epilepsy Center, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqwa, Israel
    • Department of Neurology, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqwa, Israel
    • Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • D. Inbar

      Affiliations

    • Child Developmental Institute, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqwa, Israel
    • Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Received 1 April 2009 ,Revised 19 October 2009 ,Accepted 22 October 2009.

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PII: S1059-1311(09)00209-X

doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2009.10.004

Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 12-16 , January 2010

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