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Psychiatric Comorbidity in Children with Epilepsy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2014

Elizabeth L. Leonard ,
John F. Kerrigan  and
Elizabeth Onufrak
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Abstract

Epilepsy in children and adolescents is associated with a higher rate of comorbid psychiatric disorders than other chronic childhood illnesses. This article describes various psychiatric disorders that occur in children and their effects on brain development, neurologic and intellectual function, and psychological adaptation for children and their families.

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CNS Spectrums , Volume 2 , Issue 6: Imitators of Epilepsy: Diagnostic Dilemmas , June 1997 , pp. 60 - 67
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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