Brief Report: Electroencephalographic Paroxysmal Activities in the Frontal Area Emerged in Middle Childhood and during Adolescence in a Follow-Up Study of Autism.

Kawasaki, Yoko; Yokota, Keiji; Shinomiya, Mieko; Shimizu, Yasuo; Niwa, Shin-ichi

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ERIC Number: EJ556950

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Publication Date: 1997

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Brief Report: Electroencephalographic Paroxysmal Activities in the Frontal Area Emerged in Middle Childhood and during Adolescence in a Follow-Up Study of Autism.

Kawasaki, Yoko; Yokota, Keiji; Shinomiya, Mieko; Shimizu, Yasuo; Niwa, Shin-ichi

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v27 n5 p605-20 Oct 1997

A study of the development of epilepsy in adolescents with autism investigated the brain dysfunctions in 158 patients (ages 15-28) with autism through the examination of paroxysmal electroencephalographic abnormalities. Results indicated that 47.5% of the individuals with autism had such abnormalities in the frontal region. (CR)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Autism, Biological Influences, Disability Identification, Epilepsy, Etiology, Foreign Countries, Neurological Impairments

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Japan

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