Magnetoencephalographic patterns of epileptiform activity in children with regressive autism spectrum disorders

Pediatrics

Volumn 104, Issue 3 I, 1999, Pages 405-418

  Lewine, Jeffrey D ^a,h   Andrews, Richard ^b   Chez, Michael ^c   Patil, Arun Angelo ^d   Devinsky, Orrin ^e   Smith, Michael ^f   Kanner, Andres ^f   Davis, John T ^a   Funke, Michael ^a   Jones, Greg ^a   Chong, Brian ^a   Provencal, Sherri ^a   Weisend, Michael ^g   Lee, Roland R ^g   Orrison Jr , William W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Ra Neurological   (United States)

^c Pediatric Neurology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g VA Medical Center   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Epilepsy; Landau Kleffner syndrome; Magnetoencephalography; Pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN AQUEDUCT; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOW WAVE SLEEP;

EID: 0032831468     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.104.3.405     Document Type: Article

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