Barak Y, Kimhi R, Stein D, Gutman J, Weizman A
Abarbanel Mental Health Center, Bat-Yam, Israel.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 1999 Spring;29(3):245-51. doi: 10.1023/a:1022669125423.
This study evaluates the comorbidity of epilepsy as a variable supporting a viral hypothesis in Autism. Data covering a 30-year period (1960-1989), including general population live births, autistic births, and incidence of viral encephalitis and viral meningitis, were collected for Israel. 290 autistic births were evaluated. The annual birth pattern of subjects with comorbid epilepsy fit the seasonality of viral meningitis. These findings support the role of viral C.N.S. infections in the causality of this disorder.
本研究评估癫痫共病作为支持自闭症病毒假说的一个变量。收集了以色列30年期间（1960 - 1989年）的数据，包括普通人群活产、自闭症活产以及病毒性脑炎和病毒性脑膜炎的发病率。对290例自闭症活产进行了评估。合并癫痫的受试者的年度出生模式符合病毒性脑膜炎的季节性。这些发现支持病毒性中枢神经系统感染在这种疾病病因中的作用。
