title: [Neuropsychological disorders and childhood epilepsies].
abstract: Neuropsychological consequences of epilepsy will be function of the specific anamnesis of the child, characteristics of epilepsy syndromes, and treatment. The effects of recurrent seizures, iatrogenic effects of medications, and school adaptation are reviewed. The neurodevelopmental origins of comorbidities are detailed, how they develop over time. Despite the good prognosis and the remission of seizures before adulthood with normal neurological and intellectual development, some subtle cognitive and behavioural deficits in children with benign epilepsy seem to occur. Cognition can be impaired leading to long-term intellectual disabilities. One factor that could potentially cause cognitive deficits is the frequent seizures that characterize intractable epilepsy.
authors: Service de neuropédiatrie, pôle enfant, hôpital Roger-Salengro, CHRU-université Nord de France, 59037 Lille Cedex, France. louis.vallee@chru-lille.fr
authors: Louis
authors: L
authors: Vallée
mesh_terms: D017668:Age of Onset; D002648:Child; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D009484:Neuropsychology / Q000379:methods