Assessment of executive functioning in childhood epilepsy: The Tower of London and BRIEF

WS MacAllister, HA Bender, L Whitman… - Child …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Children and adolescents with epilepsy are known to demonstrate executive function
dysfunction, including working memory deficits and planning deficits. Accordingly, assessing …

[HTML][HTML] The role of executive functioning in quality of life in pediatric intractable epilepsy

CE Love, F Webbe, G Kim, KH Lee, M Westerveld… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective Children with epilepsy are vulnerable to executive dysfunction, but the relationship
between executive functioning (EF) and quality of life (QOL) in children with epilepsy is not …

Cognitive side-effects of antiepileptic drugs in children

DM Ijff, AP Aldenkamp - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2013 - Elsevier
Although the causes of cognitive impairment in patients with epilepsy have not been
completely elucidated, three factors are clearly involved: the underlying etiology of epilepsy …

Neuropsychological effects of levetiracetam and carbamazepine in children with focal epilepsy

DE Jung, R Yu, JR Yoon, BL Eun, SH Kwon, YJ Lee… - Neurology, 2015 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To prospectively evaluate the neuropsychological effect of levetiracetam (LVT) in
comparison with carbamazepine (CBZ) and its efficacy and tolerability as a monotherapy in …

Cognitive outcome of antiepileptic treatment with levetiracetam versus carbamazepine monotherapy: a non-interventional surveillance trial

C Helmstaedter, JA Witt - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2010 - Elsevier
This open-label, non-interventional, controlled surveillance study evaluated the cognitive
outcome of patients administered levetiracetam (LEV) or carbamazepine (CBZ) …

[HTML][HTML] Safety of antiepileptic drugs in children and young people: A prospective cohort study

O Egunsola, I Choonara, HM Sammons… - Seizure, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose This study aims to describe the incidence of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in
children receiving antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) and compare ADRs to the individual drugs …

Discontinuation of antiepileptic drugs in children who have outgrown epilepsy: Effects on cognitive function

G Blennow, J Heijbel, P Sandstedt, B Tonnby - Epilepsia, 1990 - Wiley Online Library
Cognitive function is frequently impaired in children with epilepsy, compared with age‐
matched controls. It can be hard to evaluate the significance of various contributory factors …

Validation of a screening tool for attention and executive functions (EpiTrack Junior®) in children and adolescents with absence epilepsy

NE Kadish, M Baumann, J Pietz, S Schubert-Bast… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2013 - Elsevier
Objective Our prospective study aimed at the validation of EpiTrack Junior, a
neuropsychological screening tool for attention and executive functions in children with …

Executive dysfunction is a significant predictor of poor quality of life in children with epilepsy

EMS Sherman, DJ Slick, KL Eyrl - Epilepsia, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Based on prior research indicating poor health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) in
children with attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder, we investigated (1) whether executive …

[PDF][PDF] Cognitive side effects of antiepileptic drugs in children

DW Loring - Psychiatric Times, 2005 - Citeseer
Epilepsy is a major public health concern, with prevalence estimated to be slightly less than
1%(Annegers, 1996). Each year, 25,000 to 40,000 children in the United States alone …