Early-onset acquired epileptic aphasia (Landau-Kleffner syndrome, LKS) and regressive autistic disorders with epileptic EEG abnormalities: The continuing debate

Brain and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 746-752

  Deonna, Thierry ^a   Roulet Perez, Eliane ^a  

^a Unité de Neurologie et de Neuroréhabilitation Pédiatrique   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acquired epileptic aphasia; Autistic regression; Developmental language disorders; Epilepsy with continuous spike waves during sleep; Idiopathic focal epilepsies; Landau Kleffner syndrome; Rolandic epilepsy

Indexed keywords

AGNOSIA; AUTISM; COGNITION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; LITERATURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REMISSION; REVIEW; ROLANDIC EPILEPSY; SIBLING; SLEEP; SPIKE WAVE; STEREOTYPY; TWINS;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANDAU-KLEFFNER SYNDROME; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; REGRESSION (PSYCHOLOGY); REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 77956232011     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2010.06.011     Document Type: Review

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