[Peculiarities of cognitive functions in children with epilepsy].

A study aims at investigation of causes and structure of cognitive and emotional-personality interictal disturbances in children with different forms of epilepsy. Forty children, aged from 8 to 18 years, have been studied. Symptomatic epilepsy is diagnosed in 31 (77,5%) of patients, idiopathic epilepsy in 9 (22,5%) patients.