Differences between the neuropsychological profiles of Asperger's syndrome and non-verbal learning disorder;Diferencias entre los perfiles neuropsicológicos del síndrome de Asperger y del síndrome de dificultades de aprendizaje no verbal

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 713-719

  Gavilán Agustí, Beatriz ^a   Fournier Del Castillo, C ^b   Bernabeu Verdu J ^c,d  

^a Unidad de Daño Cerebral Benito Menni   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL INFANTIL UNIVERSITARIO NIÑO JESÚS   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asperger's syndrome; Differential diagnosis; Executive functions; Neuropsychological evaluation; Non verbal learning disorder; Pervasive developmental disorders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NON VERBAL LEARNING DISORDER; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 37549006432     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.4512.2007280     Document Type: Article

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