Corticosteroid therapy in regressive autism: A retrospective study of effects on the Frequency Modulated Auditory Evoked Response (FMAER), language, and behavior

BMC Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Duffy, Frank H ^a   Shankardass, Aditi ^a   McAnulty, Gloria B ^a   Eksioglu, Yaman Z ^b   Coulter, David ^a   Rotenberg, Alexander ^a   Als, Heidelise ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Behavior; Corticosteroids; Distortion; EEG; Electroencephalogram; EP; Evoked potential; FMAER; Frequency modulated auditory evoked response; Language; Regression; Spectral; Steroids; STG; Superior temporal gyrus; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GLUCOSE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BODY TEMPERATURE DISORDER; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; BRAIN CORTEX; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CATARACT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CUSHINGOID SYNDROME; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DSM-IV; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATED AUDITORY EVOKED RESPONSE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GLUCOSE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MORBIDITY; PILOT STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSIVE AUTISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SPECTROSCOPY; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84900507711     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-14-70     Document Type: Article

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