Epileptic encephalopathies and their relationship to developmental disorders: Do spikes cause autism?

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 132-134

  Tharp, Barry R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Interictal EEG; Multiple subpial transaction; Pervasive developmental disorder; Seizures; Spike and wave

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DIAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; SULTIAME;

AUTISM; CHILD; DETERIORATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; NERVE STIMULATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPIKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VAGUS NERVE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 4944232784     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrdd.20025     Document Type: Review

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