Asperger syndrome and nonverbal learning difficulties in adult males: self- and parent-reported autism, attention and executive problems

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 969-977

  Hagberg, Bibbi ^a   Billstedt, Eva ^a   Nydén, Agneta ^a   Gillberg, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ADHD 5; Asperger syndrome 1; DISCO 4; Executive function 2; NLD 3

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXECUTIVE PROBLEM; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONVERBAL LEARNING DIFFICULTY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84938741014     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-014-0646-4     Document Type: Article

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