TY - JOUR
T1 - Epilepsy in Individuals with a History of Asperger's Syndrome
T2 - A Danish Nationwide Register-Based Cohort Study
AU - Rich, Bente
AU - Isager, Torben
AU - Mouridsen, Svend Erik Birkebæk
PY - 2013/6
Y1 - 2013/6
N2 - We performed a nationwide, register-based retrospective follow-up study of epilepsy in all people who were born between January 1, 1980 and June 29, 2006 and registered in the Danish Psychiatric Central Register with Asperger's syndrome on February 7, 2011. All 4,180 identified cases with AS (3,431 males and 749 females) were screened through the nationwide Danish National Hospital Register (DNHR) with respect to epilepsy. Mean age at follow-up was 18.1 years (range 4-31 years). Of the 4,180 individuals with AS, 164 (3.9 %) were registered with at least one epilepsy diagnosis in the DNHR, which is significantly increased (p
AB - We performed a nationwide, register-based retrospective follow-up study of epilepsy in all people who were born between January 1, 1980 and June 29, 2006 and registered in the Danish Psychiatric Central Register with Asperger's syndrome on February 7, 2011. All 4,180 identified cases with AS (3,431 males and 749 females) were screened through the nationwide Danish National Hospital Register (DNHR) with respect to epilepsy. Mean age at follow-up was 18.1 years (range 4-31 years). Of the 4,180 individuals with AS, 164 (3.9 %) were registered with at least one epilepsy diagnosis in the DNHR, which is significantly increased (p
U2 - 10.1007/s10803-012-1675-9
DO - 10.1007/s10803-012-1675-9
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 23054204
SN - 0162-3257
VL - 43
SP - 1308
EP - 1313
JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
IS - 6
M1 - 10.1007/s10803-012-1675-9
ER -