Towards evidence based medicine for paediatricians: Question 3 - Do children with autism and developmental regression need eeg investigation in the absence of clinical seizures?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 998-999

  Fong, C Y ^a   Baird, G ^b   Wraige, E ^a  

^a EVELINA LONDON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; STEREOTYPY; EPILEPSY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 55349124337     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.137273     Document Type: Note

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