Did President Eamon De Valera have a developmental disorder?

Journal of Medical Biography

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 231-235

  Fitzgerald, Michael ^a  

^a Child and Family Centre Dublin   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Asperger's disorder; De Valera; political implications

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IRELAND; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC FIGURE;

ASPERGER SYNDROME; FAMOUS PERSONS; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; IRELAND; MALE;

EID: 0035511779     PISSN: 09677720     EISSN: 17581087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096777200100900408     Document Type: Article

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