Autobiographical Accounts of Sensing in Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 420-429

  Elwin, Marie ^a,b,c   Ek, Lena ^a,b,c   Schröder, Agneta ^a,b,c   Kjellin, Lars ^a,b,c  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Psychiatric Research Centre   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SENSATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

ADULT; AGED; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; AUTOBIOGRAPHY AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SENSATION; SENSATION DISORDERS;

EID: 84866446577     PISSN: 08839417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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