A savant poet

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 913-924

  Dowker, A ^b   Hermelin, B ^a   Pring, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TEST; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0029792025     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s003329170003525x     Document Type: Article

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