Low body weight in male children and adolescents with schizoid personality disorder or Asperger's disorder

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 64-67

  Hebebrand, J ^a   Hennighausen, K ^a   Nau, S ^a   Himmelmann, G W ^a   Schulz, E ^a   Schafer H ^a   Remschmidt, H ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Asperger's disorder; Body mass index; Body weight; Schizoid personality disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEEDING DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0030798682     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1997.tb09906.x     Document Type: Article

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