Epilepsy and autism: Is there a special relationship?

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 193-198

  Berg, Anne T ^a   Plioplys, Sigita ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Intellectual disability

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; TSC1 PROTEIN; TUBERIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; AUTISM BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANDAU KLEFFNER SYNDROME; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MODIFIED CHECKLIST FOR AUTISM IN TODDLER; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OHTAHARA SYNDROME; ONSET AGE; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; QUADRIPLEGIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCALE OF PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER IN MENTALLY RETARDED PERSON; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEVERE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY IN INFANCY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIAL EDUCATION; WEST SYNDROME;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84858275947     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.01.015     Document Type: Review

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