The authors examined 183 children with autistic symptoms and found that
the age-specific incidence rates of seizures in this sample were between 3
and 28 times the rates for children in the general population. The subjects
classified as totally autistic were at high risk of developing seizure from
early childhood well into adolescence, but especially so at puberty. The
partially autistic children had an increased risk of seizures only up to
age 10. The authors suggest that the high incidence of seizures at puberty
observed in this study may be specific to children with total autistic
symptomatology and may represent a distinct pathological process associated
with autism.
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