Regression in pervasive developmental disorders: Seizures and epileptiform electroencephalogram correlates

Pediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 560-566

  Tuchman, Roberto F ^a   Rapin, Isabelle ^b  

^a MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

autism; electroencephalogram; pervasive developmental disorders; regression; seizures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEIZURE;

EID: 0030909693     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.99.4.560     Document Type: Article

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