Asperger syndrome revisited

Reviews in Neurological Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-7

  Baskin, Joseph H ^a   Sperber, Michael ^b   Price, Bruce H ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Autism; Autistic spectrum disorders; Pervasive developmental disorders

Indexed keywords

ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; EMPATHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NEUROIMAGING; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33645458520     PISSN: 15452913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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