title: Autistic behaviour and attention deficits in tuberous sclerosis: a population-based study.
abstract: In a population-based sample of 28 individuals under the age of 20 years, autistic symptoms were present in 24 and DSM-III-R autistic disorder in 17. Many of the children and adolescents diagnosed as autistic also showed attention deficit/hyperactivity. There was no specific association between autistic behaviour and the presence of infantile spasms. Some of the children with tuberous sclerosis and autism were of near-normal intelligence. Indirectly, the results suggest that as many as 9 per cent of all children with autism may have tuberous sclerosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Göteborg, Sweden.
authors.forename: I C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Gillberg
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gillberg
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ahlsén
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D008297:Male; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015995:Prevalence; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology; D014402:Tuberous Sclerosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology