Cognitive dysfunction in epilepsy: Case reports
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Cognitive dysfunction in epilepsy: Case reports
Cognitive dysfunction in people with epilepsy is a frequently encountered but also easily overlooked problem. In this article three patients with epilepsy are presented with cognitive problems due to a relapse of seizures, due to continuing absence seizures or as a consequence of deteriorating mental functions resulting from frequent complex partial seizures. In the last patient the decline in ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Seizure
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1059-1311
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2006.02.020