Epilepsy and epileptiform EEG: Association with autism and language disorders

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 300-308

  Ballaban Gil, Karen ^a,c   Tuchman, Roberto ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquired epileptic aphasia; Autism; Developmental dysphasia; EEG abnormalities; Electrical status epilepticus in sleep; Epilepsy; Landau Kleffner syndrome; Pervasive developmental disability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DYSPHASIA; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; LANDAU-KLEFFNER SYNDROME; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; REGRESSION (PSYCHOLOGY); SLEEP; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 0033668987     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2779(2000)6:4<300::AID-MRDD9>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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