title: Clinical and neuropsychological correlation in patients with rolandic epilepsy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the presence of neurological soft signs (NSS) and to correlate them with the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC III) in patients with rolandic epilepsy (RE).
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty children and adolescents aged between 9 and 15 years were studied. They were divided into two groups: G1 - patients with RE (n=20) - and G2 - healthy controls without epilepsy (n=20). They were assessed with the Quick Neurological Screening Test (QNST II) - clinical trial to search for NSS -, and the WISC III - neuropsychological test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No statistical difference between groups was found in WISC III and QNST II. However, children with poorer motor skills had worse performance in the QNST II and also in the execution intelligence quotient - IQ (p=0.001) and in total IQ (p=0.004), thus showing a positive correlation between them.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The QNST II is a good screening tool for the neurologist to detect abnormalities in fine motor skills.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM), Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lívia L Medeiros
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Capelatto
authors.forename: Ecila Paula M
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Marina L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Neri
authors.forename: Catarina A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Guimarães
authors.forename: Maria Augusta
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Montenegro
authors.forename: Marilisa M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Guerreiro
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D019305:Epilepsy, Rolandic / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence / Q000502:physiology*; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D014888:Wechsler Scales