Epilepsy in autism

Lancet Neurology

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 352-358

  Tuchman, Roberto ^a,c   Rapin, Isabelle ^b  

^a MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Dan Marino Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; ETHOSUXIMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; STEROID; VALPROIC ACID;

AGE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES;

EID: 0041510584     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(02)00160-6     Document Type: Review

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