title: [Neuropsicologic evaluation of children with congenital and acquired hemyparesis--early results].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present the preliminary results of neuropsychological assessment for children with congenital and acquired hemiparesis with or not seizures.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nine children at a age of 5 and 14 years old, were studied individually by one battery of test to neuropsychological assessment of cognitive function, language, gnosia, praxia visuo-motor and memory processing and emotional aspect.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Children with hemiparesis demonstrated minimal or severe cognitive dysfuctions, impaired language abilities, poor visuo-motor and memory processing and alteration in emotional aspect. Acquired hemiparesis with seizures in childhood had a severe cognitive deficits, but congenital hemiparesis with or not seizures the neuropsychological assessment demonstrate minimal or moderate cortical deficits.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Theses preliminary results demonstrated that congenital or acquired hemiparesis associated or not with seizures present cortical dysfuctions. The worst results was observed in acquired hemiparesis with epileptic seizures.
authors.affiliation: Pós-Graduanda do PPGCSA - UFRN.
authors.forename: Edna Núbia Oliveira
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: de Moura
authors.forename: Ana Maria da Silva
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Câmara
authors.forename: Maria José Pinheiro de Almeida
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Minora
authors.forename: Sergio Leme
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Aurea Nogueira
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: de Melo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010291:Paresis / Q000151:congenital / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014888:Wechsler Scales