Date:
Fri, 2015-07-31 (All day)
Karen E. Blackmon, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Neurology
The new research, led by neuroscientist Karen Blackmon, of New York University Medical Center, investigated a previously noted difference between autism's 4-to-1 male/female ratio and the tighter 3-to-1 male/female ratio for autism with Epilepsy.
"This suggests that whatever protects women from autism does not shield them from epilepsy," Dr. Blackmon says.