Traditional and non-traditional treatments for autism spectrum disorder with seizures: An on-line survey

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Frye, Richard E ^a   Sreenivasula, Swapna ^b   Adams, James B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARAMAZAPINE; CLONAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; ETIRACETAM; FELBAMATE; GABAPENTIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; PYRIDOXINE; RETIGABINE; STEROID; TOPIRAMATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN; ZONISAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DROWSINESS; E-MAIL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KETOGENIC DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICINE; MOOD; MOOD CHANGE; NEUROFEEDBACK; NON TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ONLINE SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP; STEROID THERAPY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; WEB BROWSER; ADULT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; PARENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955977714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-11-37     Document Type: Article

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