title: Rolandic epilepsy and dyslexia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Although benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS) is an idiopathic, age-related epilepsy syndrome with favorable outcome, recent studies have shown impairment in specific neuropsychological tests. The objective of this study was to analyze the comorbidity between dyslexia and BECTS.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-one patients with clinical and electroencephalographic diagnosis of BECTS (group A) and 31 paired children (group B) underwent a language and neuropsychological assessment performed with several standardized protocols. Our findings were categorized as: a) dyslexia; b) other difficulties; c) without difficulties. Our results were compared and statistically analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Our data showed that dyslexia occurred in 19.4% and other difficulties in 74.2% of our patients. This was highly significant when compared with the control group (p<0.001). Phonological awareness, writing, reading, arithmetic, and memory tests showed a statistically significant difference when comparing both groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings show significant evidence of the occurrence of dyslexia in patients with BECTS.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Neurologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ecila P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Neurologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marina L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Neri
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Neurologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lívia L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Capelatto
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Neurologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Catarina A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Guimarães
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Neurologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marilisa M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Guerreiro
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001364:Awareness / Q000502:physiology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D015897:Comorbidity; D004410:Dyslexia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D019305:Epilepsy, Rolandic / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007807:Language Tests; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D014956:Writing