Cognitive and linguistic abnormalities in benign childhood XXXX with centrotemporal spikes.

@entity1 @entity302 @entity3180
AIM: To assess the cognitive function and language ability in @entity1 with benign partial @entity302 with centrotemporal spikes. METHODS: Twenty-five @entity1 with benign partial @entity302 with centrotemporal spikes were included. They were divided into two subgroups. Group I: 10 @entity1 with rolandic focus who were not treated. Group II: 15 @entity1 with rolandic focus receiving treatment. A third Group of 12 healthy subjects have been studied. All @entity1 underwent standardized neuropsychological testing: electroencephalogram recording, Wechsler Intelligence Scale for @entity1 -revised, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-III (PPVT-III) and Boston Naming Test (BNT), both during active disease (T1) and 2 years after recovery from @entity302 (T2). RESULTS: At T1 evaluation, no significant differences in group I and II @entity1 about general intelligence, when compared with controls, were found. Group I and II @entity1 were impaired with respect to controls in the receptive and expressive vocabulary evaluated with PCVT-III and BNT, respectively. At T2 evaluation, group I and II @entity1 showed a normalization of the @entity3180 . CONCLUSION: Deficits of speech-related abilities can be detected in @entity1 with this type of @entity302 : these dysfunctions seem to be independent of the effects of antiepileptic treatment and are reversible after remission of @entity302 .
