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Morgan, Christopher Ll.; Baxter, Helen; Kerr, Michael P. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2003
Examination of the prevalence of epilepsy and health service utilization in 1,595 people with intellectual disabilities in Wales found 16.1% had epilepsy. Standardized activity ratios were 3.07, 2.03, and 3.09 for inpatients, outpatients, and accident and emergency, respectively. Patients with intellectual disability and co-existing epilepsy used…
Descriptors: Adults, Death, Elementary Secondary Education, Epilepsy
Elia, M.; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1995
Clinical and neurophysiological findings for 28 patients (mean age 15 years) with mental retardation, autism, and epilepsy were described, including classification of seizure type and epileptic syndrome, etiology, severity of autism and epilepsy, electroencephalography findings, and neuroimaging findings. No particular epileptic syndrome…
Descriptors: Autism, Clinical Diagnosis, Epilepsy, Etiology
