Seizures and EEG findings in children with autism spectrum disorder

CNS Spectrums

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 61-70

  Tuchman, Roberto ^a,c   Jayakar, Prasanna ^a,b   Yaylali, Ilker ^a,b   Villalobos, Rafaël ^a  

^a MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Netiroscience Ctr Miami C   (United States)

^c Neurosci Ctr Miami Children's H   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; STEROID;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; HUMAN; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 0032463607     PISSN: 10928529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1092852900005708     Document Type: Review

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