Management of epilepsy in children with autism

Current Paediatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 489-494

  Peake, Deirdre ^a   Notghi, Lesley M ^a   Philip, Sunny ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Epilepsy; Management; Regression

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ATOMOXETINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; CORTICOSTEROID; DIAZEPAM; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; FLUOXETINE; HALOPERIDOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MELATONIN; METHYLPHENIDATE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; RISPERIDONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ATONIC SEIZURE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRAVETS SYNDROME; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; GENE MUTATION; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANTILE SPASM; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MORTALITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIC; WEST SYNDROME;

EID: 33845964992     PISSN: 09575839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cupe.2006.08.013     Document Type: Article

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