Questioning the validity of the semantic-pragmatic syndrome diagnosis

Autism

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-55

  Gagnon, Louise ^a,b   Mottron, Laurent ^b   Joanette, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Hopital Riviere des Prairies   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Autism; Developmental language disorders; Diagnosis; Semantic pragmatic syndrome

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002256601     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361397011006     Document Type: Article

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