Massimiliano Beghi|C Cornaggia|Barbara Frigeni|Ettore Beghi
Learning Disorders in Epilepsy
University of Milano-Bicocca|Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
learning disorders ld disorders interfering academic performance daily living activities requiring reading writing mathematical abilities subjects normal intelligence quotient prevalence ld general population found 210 reading disorders frequent subtype epilepsy one commonest neurological disorders childhood estimated prevalence 451000 epilepsy considered idiopathic cryptogenic approximately twothirds cases ld common people epilepsy general population 25 patients epilepsy said ld various psychosocial medicationrelated epilepsyrelated factors may associated ld epilepsy ld either permanent statedependent permanent ld caused brain lesion andor stable brain dysfunction contrast statedependent ld potentially reversible treatable caused epilepsyrelated factors allowed persist long period statedependent ld may become permanent