Cognitive profile difference between normally intelligent children with Asperger's disorder and those with pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 691-696

  Koyama, Tomonori ^a   Kurita, Hiroshi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Zenkoku Ryoiku Sodan Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asperger's disorder; High functioning; Pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified; Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Third Edition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; JAPANESE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; JAPAN; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 56849089735     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2008.01871.x     Document Type: Article

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