The neurology of autism spectrum disorders

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 132-139

  Jeste, Shafali S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

autism; endophenotype; epilepsy; motor; neurology; sleep

Indexed keywords

CONTACTIN ASSOCIATED PROTEIN LIKE 2; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 5; GLYCOPROTEIN; MELATONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIGABATRIN;

ACTIMETRY; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; COORDINATION DISORDER; EEG ABNORMALITY; EPILEPSY; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; SLEEP DISORDER; WORKSHOP;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENDOPHENOTYPES; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 79953054366     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e3283446450     Document Type: Article

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