Surgical treatment of severe autistic regression in childhood epilepsy

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 137-140

  Neville, Brian G R ^a,b   Harkness, William F J ^a   Cross, J Helen ^a   Cass, Hilary C ^a   Burch, Victoria C ^a   Lees, Janet A ^a   Taylor, David C ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LANDAU-KLEFFNER SYNDROME; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REGRESSION (PSYCHOLOGY); TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030898256     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(96)00297-4     Document Type: Article

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