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- Title
Autistic behaviour and attention deficits in tuberous sclerosis: a population-based study.
- Authors
Gillberg, J. Carina; Gillberg, Christopher; Ahlsén, Gunilla; Gillberg, I C; Gillberg, C; Ahlsén, G
- 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.
- Publication
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 1994, Vol 36, Issue 1, p50
- ISSN
0012-1622
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1469-8749.1994.tb11765.x