Review Article

Shared Etiology in Autism Spectrum Disorder and Epilepsy with Functional Disability

Table 1

Correlating genetic disorder in both epilepsy and ASD.

Genetic syndromesCoexistence ( value)Proportion of epilepsy % () valueProportion of ASD % () value

Tuberous sclerosis complex10.8% () [73]
70-80% () [74]
()
()
25-50% () [75]()
Down syndrome(), ()8% ()
1%–13% () [73]
() ()5.8% [76]
3.1% () [72]
18.2% () [77]
() ()
Dravet syndrome100%()
100% () [78]
()
()
61.5% ()
24.3% () [79]
() ()
Fragile X syndrome28.1% () ()11.8%–18% () [80]()30% [81]
21% ()
()
Rett syndrome61% () [82]()Transitory autism features () [83]()
Pitt–Hopkins syndrome50%() [84]()100% () [85]()
Hypomelanosis of Ito syndrome() () [86]37%–53% [87]
11.5%–50%()
49% () [88]
()
()
64% () [89]
10% of patients with ID () [90]
()
()
Smith–Lemli–Opitz syndrome() ()() [91]()53% () [92]()
Sotos syndromeRare () [93]()41% () [94]()
Angelman syndrome() (p <0.05) [95]100% ()
[96]
85% () [97]
()
()
42% ()
[98]
1.9% () [99]
()
()