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Volume 11, Issue 8 , Pages 799-802 , September 2010

Epilepsy with continuous spikes and waves during slow wave sleep in a child diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified

Eli S. Neiman
- New Jersey Neuroscience Institute, JFK Medical Center, Seton Hall University School of Graduate Medical Education, 65 James Street, Edison, NJ 08818, USA
- Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 973 669 3553.
Michael Seyffert
- New Jersey Neuroscience Institute, JFK Medical Center, Seton Hall University School of Graduate Medical Education, 65 James Street, Edison, NJ 08818, USA
Andrea Richards
- St. Peter’s University Hospital, Department of Child Neurology, 254 Easton Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
Divya Gupta
- New Jersey Neuroscience Institute, JFK Medical Center, Seton Hall University School of Graduate Medical Education, 65 James Street, Edison, NJ 08818, USA
Sudhansu Chokroverty
- New Jersey Neuroscience Institute, JFK Medical Center, Seton Hall University School of Graduate Medical Education, 65 James Street, Edison, NJ 08818, USA

Received 12 March 2010 ,Accepted 9 April 2010.

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