A longitudinal study of epilepsy and other central nervous system diseases in individuals with and without a history of infantile autism

Brain and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 361-366

  Mouridsen, Svend Erik ^a   Rich, Bente ^b   Isager, Torben ^c  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims   (Denmark)

^c GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Central nervous system diseases; Epilepsy; Infantile autism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBRAL PALSY; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; QUADRIPLEGIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79954586781     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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