Sleep electroencephalograms in young children with autism with and without regression

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 604-608

  Baird, Gillian ^a   Robinson, Richard O ^a   Boyd, Stuart ^b   Charman, Tony ^c  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SPIKE WAVE;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION (PSYCHOLOGY); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP;

EID: 33745258665     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162206001265     Document Type: Article

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