Epilepsy in autism: Features and correlates

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 198, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 289-294

  Bolton, Patrick F ^a,b   Carcani Rathwell, Iris ^a   Hutton, Jane ^a   Goode, Sue ^b   Howlin, Patricia ^a   Rutter, Michael ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953721657     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.109.076877     Document Type: Article

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