Asperger syndrome with highly excepti onal calendar memory: A case report

Turk Psikiyatri Dergisi

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Şevik, Ali Emre ^a   Kültür, Ebru Çengel ^a   Demirel, Hilal ^a   Karli Oǧuz, Kader ^a   Akça, Onur ^a   Ergün, Eser Lay ^a   Demir, Başaran ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Calendar memory; FMRI; Savant syndrome

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956743748     PISSN: 13002163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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