[Autistic syndrome associated with refractory temporal epilepsy].
Autism is a psychopathological disorder of childhood characterized by severe lapses in behaviour and cognition and excessive presence of extravagant unsuitable behaviour that affects a child's development. It is associated with different conditions of the Central Nervous System, especially a high incidence of epilepsy. We report a case of autistic syndrome with refractory temporal epilepsy, describing its clinical onset, (type of seizures, focal anomalies on the EEG, evidence of relation between limbic disfunction and autism.
Carracedo
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Unidad de Neuropediatria, Hospital Torrecardenas, Almeria.
Martín Murcia
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García Peñas
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Ramos
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Cassinello
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Calvo
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D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology
Síndrome autista asociado a epilepsia temporal refractaria.