Boys with Asperger's disorder, exceptional verbal intelligence, tics, and clumsiness

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 691-695

  Nass, Ruth ^a   Gutman, Renee ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL DISABILITY; TIC;

EID: 0030860344     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1997.tb07365.x     Document Type: Article

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