Autism spectrum disorder in tuberous sclerosis complex: searching for risk markers

Conclusions:
Our study showed a prevalence of ASD of 40.5 %, confirming the higher risk for this disorder in patients with TSC. However, the severity seems to have a notable variability in TSC patients. Risk factors for ASD are epilepsy, infantile spams, and mutations in TSC2.

Source: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases - December 2, 2015 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Aglaia VignoliFrancesca La BriolaAngela PeronKatherine TurnerChiara VannicolaMonica SaccaniElisabetta MagnaghiGiulia ScornavaccaMaria Canevini Source Type: research