Autism Spectrum Disorder and Epilepsy: Two Sides of the Same Coin?

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 1963-1971

  Jeste, Shafali Spurling ^a   Tuchman, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NICKLAUS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

autism spectrum disorder; biomarkers; electroencephalography; epilepsy; intellectual disability

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BRAIN; COMPLICATION; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BRAIN; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; RISK;

EID: 84947053889     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073815601501     Document Type: Review

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