Absence of seizures despite high prevalence of epileptiform EEG abnormalities in children with autism monitored in a tertiary care center

Epilepsia

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 394-398

  Kim, Howard L ^a,c   Donnelly, Joseph H ^a   Tournay, Anne E ^a   Book, Teri M ^b   Filipek, Pauline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b For OC Kids Neurodevelopmental Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; EEG; Seizures; Video EEG monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEG ABNORMALITY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TELEMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CALIFORNIA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TELEMETRY; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33645279543     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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