Risk of autism spectrum disorders after infantile spasms: A population-based study nested in a cohort with seizures in the first year of life

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1865-1870

  Saemundsen, Evald ^a   Ludvigsson, Petur ^b   Rafnsson, Vilhjalmur ^c  

^a State Diagnostic and Counseling Center   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Epilepsy in infancy; Infantile spasms; Symptomatic seizures

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 55349091670     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01688.x     Document Type: Article

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