Abnormalities of quantitative electroencephalography in children with Asperger disorder in various conditions

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 538-546

  Sheikhani, Ali ^a   Behnam, Hamid ^b   Noroozian, Maryam ^c   Mohammadi, Mohammad Reza ^c   Mohammadi, Mohammad ^d  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Iranian Behavioral and Psychological Center for Children and Adolescents   (Iran)

Author keywords

Asperger disorder; Quantitative electroencephalography (qEEG); Spectrogram

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 60549090573     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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