Comorbidity of Asperger syndrome and gender identity disorder

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 292-296

  Kraemer, Bernd ^a   Delsignore, Aba ^a   Gundelfinger, Ronnie ^b   Schnyder, Ulrich ^a   Hepp, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Zentrum fuer Kinder und Jugendpsychiatrie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Autistic disorder; Comorbidity; Gender identity; Transsexualism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; BEHAVIOR; BODY IMAGE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EMOTION; FAMILY HISTORY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 21244450711     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-005-0469-4     Document Type: Article

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