Mortality rate is increased in persons with autism who also have epilepsy, study finds

Saturday, April 16, 2011 - 12:30 in Health & Medicine

A comprehensive investigation of postmortem brain tissue has determined that one-third of the brain donors with autism also had epilepsy, and co-morbidity data revealed a higher than expected rate of mortality in individuals with both autism and epilepsy than for individuals with autism alone.

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