## Abstract The purpose of this review article is to describe the clinical data linking autism with sleep and epilepsy and to discuss the impact of treating sleep disorders in children with autism either with or without coexisting epileptic seizures. Studies are presented to support the view that s
Sleep and the epilepsies
β Scribed by Alain Autret; B. Lucas; C. Hommet; P. Corcia; B. de Toffol
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 787 KB
- Volume
- 244
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-5354
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