Frequent association of autism spectrum disorder in patients with childhood onset epilepsy

Brain and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 759-763

  Matsuo, Muneaki ^a   Maeda, Toshiyuki ^b   Sasaki, Kazuya ^b   Ishii, Kiyohisa ^c   Hamasaki, Yuhei ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Saga Prefectural Hospital   (Japan)

^c Saga Handicapped Children's Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Complex partial seizure; Epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; GABAPENTIN; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; INFANTILE SPASM; KABUKI MAKEUP SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956225746     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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