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Scholar Performance and Praxis Assessment in Children With Rolandic Epilepsy

NCT01046760 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2010-10-20

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Summary

Rolandic Epilepsy is the most common form of childhood epilepsy. It is classified as idiopathic, age-related epilepsy syndrome with benign evolution. The absence of neuropsychological impairment is part of the criteria of benignity of this epilepsy syndrome. However recently have been suggested several deficits related to attention and language. The purpose of this study was assess school performance and to investigate problems of praxis in patients with rolandic epilepsy as compared to a control group composed of normal children with age, gender and educational level equivalents.

Conditions

  • Rolandic Epilepsy
  • Apraxia

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Language Assessment

Patients underwent an assessment performed with School Performance Test, Syntactic Awareness Test and a Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • University of Campinas, Brazil

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marilisa Guerreiro, doctor · University of Campinas, Brazil

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Max Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-09-30
Primary Completion
2011-02-28
Completion
2011-02-28

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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