TY - JOUR
T1 - Autistic subjects with comorbid epilepsy
T2 - A possible association with viral infections
AU - Barak, Yoram
AU - Kimhi, Robert
AU - Stein, Daniel
AU - Gutman, Jacob
AU - Weizman, Avraham
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - This study evaluates the comorbidity of epilepsy as a variable supporting a viral hypothesis in Autism. Data covering a 30-year period (1960-1989), including general population live births, autistic births, and incidence of viral encephalitis and viral meningitis, were collected for Israel. 290 autistic births were evaluated. The annual birth pattern of subjects with comorbid epilepsy fit the seasonality of viral meningitis. These findings support the role of viral C.N.S. infections in the causality of this disorder.
AB - This study evaluates the comorbidity of epilepsy as a variable supporting a viral hypothesis in Autism. Data covering a 30-year period (1960-1989), including general population live births, autistic births, and incidence of viral encephalitis and viral meningitis, were collected for Israel. 290 autistic births were evaluated. The annual birth pattern of subjects with comorbid epilepsy fit the seasonality of viral meningitis. These findings support the role of viral C.N.S. infections in the causality of this disorder.
KW - Autism
KW - Epilepsy
KW - Viral infections
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0032999736&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1023/A:1022669125423
DO - 10.1023/A:1022669125423
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AN - SCOPUS:0032999736
SN - 0009-398X
VL - 29
SP - 245
EP - 251
JO - Child Psychiatry and Human Development
JF - Child Psychiatry and Human Development
IS - 3
ER -