Common neurological co-morbidities in autism spectrum disorders

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 609-615

  Maski, Kiran P ^a   Jeste, Shafali S ^b   Spence, Sarah J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

autism; co morbidities; epilepsy; movement disorders; sleep

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; MELATONIN; PLACEBO;

AUTISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; COMPULSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL AND SENSORIAL PROCEDURES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

APRAXIAS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMORBIDITY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 80955145774     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: 1531698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e32834c9282     Document Type: Review

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