Table 1.

Comorbidities frequently associated with BECTS

Linguistic impairment

Lexical-syntactic, semantic/pragmatic, phonological processing, aphasia, inarticulation

Cognitive/learning difficulties

Executive, attention, memory, visuo-motor, dyslexia, dyscalculia

Behavioral difficulties

ADHD, aggression, oppositional-defiant, and others

Emotional difficulties

Anxiety, depression

Other neuropsychiatric impairments

Autism

BECTS, benign epilepsy with centro-temporal spikes; ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.