Learning Disorder Secondary Epilepsy: A Case Report

作     者：A.R. de Albuquerque Sarmento Omena José Cláudio da Silva Camila Maria Beder Ribeiro Euclides Maurício Trindade Filho Terezinha Rocha Almeida A.R. de Albuquerque Sarmento Omena;José Cláudio da Silva;Camila Maria Beder Ribeiro;Euclides Maurício Trindade Filho;Terezinha Rocha Almeida

作者机构：Cesmac. Clínica Guri Maceió Brazil Universidade Estadual de Ciências da Saúde de Alagoas-UNCISAL Maceió Brazil Universidade Estadual de Ciências da Saúde de Alagoas (NUCIB-UNCISAL) Maceió Brazil Clínica Guri Maceió Brazil 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Neuroscience》 (神经科学国际期刊（英文）)

年 卷 期：2016年第6卷第4期

页      面：303-309页

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Epilepsy Learning Disorder Cognitive Functions 

摘      要：Introduction: Epilepsy is a syndrome characterized by the presence of seizures that can affect the cognitive performance of the individual. Neuropsychology has studied the idiopathic epilepsies to understand if the behavioral and cognitive impairments are associated with electrical discharges in the brain, and not with an injury itself. Objective: To identify cognitive impairments of a child with epilepsy associated with diagnosis of learning disorder. Method: The sample consists of a child diagnosed with epilepsy, nine years old, from Maceió-AL. The methodology applied is a qualitative and descriptive study of a case report. Neuropsychological tests are applied for that purpose. Results: The results of the tests show cognitive deficits, impaired attention, memory and slowness of reasoning. Conclusion: Despite the results, it cannot be said in this case that epilepsy was the only factor that triggered the learning disorder, because the child had related comorbidities.