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Peer reviewedCooper, Judith A.; Ferry, Peggy C. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1978
The paper presents a review of cases of children with acquired aphasia with convulsive disorder and discusses clinical features of three additional children in whom the specific syndrome of auditory verbal agnosia was identified. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Aphasia, Case Studies, Children, Clinical Diagnosis
Peer reviewedGillberg, Christopher – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1991
Sixty-six patients under age 25 with autism and epileptic seizures were treated and followed for 2 years. The cases are analyzed in terms of type of epilepsy, drugs used, and other treatments given. Practical guidelines are offered for the management of epilepsy in autism. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism, Children, Drug Therapy
McKee, Jerry R.; Bodfish, James W. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2000
Medical records of residents of a facility for persons with mental retardation from January 1, 1978, through December 31, 1997, were analyzed to identify incidence of sudden unexpected death for 180 individuals with and 125 without comorbid epilepsy. Eighty deaths were identified, with 55 occurring in those with epilepsy. (Contains 15 references.)…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Epilepsy, Incidence
