Overlap of autism and seizures: Understanding cognitive comorbidity

Mens Sana Monographs

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 122-128

  Khetrapal, Neha ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Autism; Brain; Cognitive comorbidity; Comorbidity; DSM; Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 75649140277     PISSN: 09731229     EISSN: 19984014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1229.58823     Document Type: Article

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