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Asperger's syndrome: a clinical account

1981; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 11; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s0033291700053332

1469-8978

Lorna Wing,

Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues

SYNOPSIS The clinical features, course, aetiology, epidemiology, differential diagnosis and management of Asperger's syndrome are described. Classification is discussed and reasons are given for including the syndrome, together with early childhood autism, in a wider group of conditions which have, in common, impairment of development of social interaction, communication and imagination.