Benign Childhood Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes (BECTS) and Developmental Co-ordination Disorder

Amanda Kirby; Marie Thomas; Loes  Koelewijn; Lisa M.  Brindley; Suresh D.  Muthukumaraswamy; Johann  te Water Naudé; Frances  Gibbon

doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2017.04.014

Benign Childhood Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes (BECTS) and Developmental Co-ordination Disorder

Amanda Kirby, Marie Thomas, Loes Koelewijn , Lisa M. Brindley , Suresh D. Muthukumaraswamy , Johann te Water Naudé , Frances Gibbon

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Abstract

Benign epilepsy with centro-temporal spikes (BECTS) is a common childhood epilepsy syndrome also known as Rolandic Epilepsy (RE). Neurocognitive phenotypes have been described with greater focus on attention, reading and language domains but there have been far fewer studies focusing on motor functioning. This study included measures of motor, language and cognition in order to investigate the range, degree and pattern of difficulties associated with BECTS in a case series of children, but with a particular emphasis on motor skills.

Original language	English
Article number	72
Pages (from-to)	122-126
Number of pages	5
Journal	Epilepsy & Behavior
Volume	72
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2017.04.014
Publication status	Published - 7 Jun 2017

Keywords

dcd
rolandic epilepsy
BECTS
developmental disorders
Benign epilepsy of childhood with centro-temporal spikes
Developmental coordination disorder
childhood psychology
general pediatrics
neurodevelopment
pediatric practice

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