Epilepsy in Autism is Associated with Intellectual Disability and Gender: Evidence from a Meta-Analysis

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 577-582

  Amiet, Claire ^a,e   Gourfinkel An, Isabelle ^b   Bouzamondo, Anissa ^a   Tordjman, Sylvie ^d   Baulac, Michel ^b   Lechat, Philippe ^a   Mottron, Laurent ^c   Cohen, David ^a,e  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Reference Center for Rare Epilepsies   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Autism; epilepsy; gender; intellectual disability; meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; COMORBIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISABLED CHILDREN; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 51049093585     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2008.04.030     Document Type: Article

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