title: Language dysfunction after frontal lobe partial seizures.
abstract: Postictal language delay (PILD) patterns can lateralize temporal lobe complex partial seizures (CPS). The authors studied PILD in 24 patients with 118 frontal lobe CPS. Prolonged PILD occurred in only 7% of CPS confined to the dominant frontal lobe compared with 91% of CPS that started as frontal and spread to the dominant temporal lobe (p = 0.0001). Postictal language testing provides important information on frontal CPS localization and spread.
authors.affiliation: Epilepsy Center, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqva, Israel. sterngoldberg@bezeqint.net
authors.forename: Hadassa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Goldberg-Stern
authors.forename: Nathan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gadoth
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cahill
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Privitera
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001037:Aphasia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001931:Brain Mapping; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000503:physiopathology*; D017034:Epilepsy, Frontal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007807:Language Tests; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000503:physiopathology; D011932:Reading; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology; D014743:Videotape Recording