Autistic regression with and without EEG abnormalities followed by favourable outcome

Brain and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 739-745

  Zappella, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

" Off autism" children; Attention deficit with hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); Autistic regression (AR); Autistic spectrum disorders (ASD); Dysmaturational syndrome; Landau and Kleffner disorder (LKS)

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONVALESCENCE; CONVULSION; DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ECHOLALIA; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REMISSION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL DISABILITY; TIC;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANDAU-KLEFFNER SYNDROME; MALE; REGRESSION (PSYCHOLOGY); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77956231839     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2010.05.004     Document Type: Review

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