Treatment of Seizure Disorders and EEG Abnormalities in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
- Resource Type
- Information Analyses
Journal Articles
- Authors
- Tuchman, Roberto
- Source
- Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Oct 2000 30(5):485-489.
- Subject
- Autism
Children
Drug Therapy
Epilepsy
Incidence
Individual Characteristics
Neurological Impairments
Outcomes of Treatment
Seizures
Surgery
Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0162-3257
The treatment of seizure disorders and EEG epileptiform abnormalities without epilepsy in children with autism spectrum disorders in considered within the context of the relationship epilepsy and epileptiform disorders to language, behavior, and cognition. The use of anticonvulsants to treat epileptiform discharges thought to be producing dysfunction is discussed. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)