Neuropsychological aspects of benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes

Neuropsychological and Language Evaluation in children with Benign Childhood Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes and its Functional MRI

Educational problems with underlying neuropsychological impairment are common in children with Benign Epilepsy of Childhood with Centrotemporal Spikes (BECTS)

INTRODUCTION Benign Epilepsy of Childhood with Centrotemporal Spikes (BECTS) is one of the most common childhood epilepsies with a good prognosis regarding the seizure and neuropsychological outcomes. However, recent reports indicate the presence of neuropsychological problems in a significant percentage of children with BECTS. Our study was aimed to examine the educational performance and neur...

Erratum to: “Neuropsychological aspects of benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes” [Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy 19 (2010) 12–16]

H. Goldberg-Stern *, O.M. Gonen , M. Sadeh , S. Kivity , A. Shuper , D. Inbar c,d a Epilepsy Center, Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqwa, Israel Department of Neurology, Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqwa, Israel Child Developmental Institute, Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqwa, Israel d Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv...

Levetiracetam for benign epilepsy of childhood with centrotemporal spikes—three cases

Benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS), also known as benign rolandic epilepsy (BRE) of childhood represents 15% of all childhood epilepsies [Handbook of Epilepsy Treatment (2000)]. A majority of these patients do no require treatment; however, in those cases where treatment is justified, the most efficacious medication with a benign safety profile should be selected. We present thr...

Benign pediatric localization- related epilepsies Part II. Syndromes in childhood

By definition, benign epilepsy syndromes occur in patients with no significant prenatal, perinatal, or postnatal complications, normal psychomotor development and negative laboratory and neuroimaging work-up, respond well to therapy, and remit without sequeale. The benign localizationrelated epilepsy syndromes of childhood include benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes, Panayiotop...