Neuropsychology of Childhood Epilepsy

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Jambaqué, Isabelle (Editor), Lassonde, Maryse (Editor), Dulac, Olivier (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2001.
• Series: Advances in Behavioral Biology, 50
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Internal medicine.; Neurology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Internal Medicine.

This book is devoted to the neuropsychological description of childhood epilepsy, a neurolo- cal condition that constitutes one of the most prevalent forms of chronic and disabling childhood illnesses. Indeed, one child out of 20 experiences one or more seizures before the age of 5, and one in a hun...