Pragmatic difficulties in children with autism associated with childhood epilepsy

Pediatric Rehabilitation

Volumn , Issue 3, 2006, Pages 229-246

  Parkinson, Gillian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Children; Epilepsy; Pragmatic impairment; Prosody

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY;

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; VIGABATRIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; VIGABATRIN;

EID: 33750067050     PISSN: 13638491     EISSN: 14645270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13638490500403080     Document Type: Article

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