EEG Findings of Children with Attention Deficit and Autism

Objectives: Autism causes deviations in communication, social, cognitive, and behavioral development. Retrospective analysis of EEG findings in children with autism and attention deficit evaluated in a child psychiatric clinic between 2011 and 2012 was performed in the present study. Methods: Of the 20 subjects included, 14 were male (80%), and 4 were female (20%), all between the ages of 3 and 19 years. Results: No sign of epilepsy was present in patient histories. EEG findings were normal in 8 patients (40%), of whom all were male with a mean age of 63.7 years. Epileptiform activity or mild, diffuse slowing was present in the EEGs of 12 patients with a mean age of 123.3 years. Focal epileptiform activity was found in 7 cases (58.7%), and generalized epileptiform discharges were found in 1 (8.3%). Mild, diffuse slowing was found in 4 (33%) patients.