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Epilepsy associated with autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: is there a genetic link?
Brain & development - 1 Mar 2014
Lo-Castro Adriana, Curatolo Paolo
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Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) and Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are the most common comorbid conditions associated with childhood epilepsy. The co-occurrence of an epilepsy/autism phenotype or an epilepsy/ADHD phenotype has a complex and heterogeneous pathogenesis, resulting from several altered neurobiological mechanisms involved in early brain development, and influencing synaptic...
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