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Determinants of IQ outcome after focal epilepsy surgery in childhood: A longitudinal case-control neuroimaging study.

Caroline SkirrowJ Helen CrossRosie OwensLouise Weiss-CroftPatricia Martin-SanfilippoTina BanksEmily ShahWilliam HarknessFaraneh Vargha-KhademTorsten Baldeweg
Published in: Epilepsia (2019)
We show that a variety of factors are likely to contribute to patterns of postsurgical change in IQ. Neuroimaging results indicate that left anterior temporal resections constrain development of verbal cognition, whereas simultaneously cortical growth after surgical treatment can support improvements in IQ.
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