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. 1994 Jan;36(1):50-6.
doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1994.tb11765.x.

Autistic behaviour and attention deficits in tuberous sclerosis: a population-based study

I C Gillberg  1 , C Gillberg, G Ahlsén
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Autistic behaviour and attention deficits in tuberous sclerosis: a population-based study

I C Gillberg et al. Dev Med Child Neurol. 1994 Jan.

Abstract

In a population-based sample of 28 individuals under the age of 20 years, autistic symptoms were present in 24 and DSM-III-R autistic disorder in 17. Many of the children and adolescents diagnosed as autistic also showed attention deficit/hyperactivity. There was no specific association between autistic behaviour and the presence of infantile spasms. Some of the children with tuberous sclerosis and autism were of near-normal intelligence. Indirectly, the results suggest that as many as 9 per cent of all children with autism may have tuberous sclerosis.

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