Characterization of childhood-onset complex partial seizures associated with autism spectrum disorder

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 524-527

  Matsuo, Muneaki ^a   Maeda, Toshiyuki ^a   Ishii, Kiyohisa ^b   Tajima, Daisuke ^a   Koga, Masahiro ^c   Hamasaki, Yuhei ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Saga Handicapped Children's Hospital   (Japan)

^c Arita Kyoritsu Hospital at Arita   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Complex partial seizure; Epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE;

EID: 79952739671     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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