What's so special about Asperger Syndrome?

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-4

  Baron Cohen, Simon ^a   Klin, Ami ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COGNITION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HERITABILITY; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING DISORDER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROBIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL DISABILITY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUSTRIA; AUTISTIC DISORDER; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRY;

EID: 33646510859     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2006.02.002     Document Type: Editorial

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