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Asperger's syndrome: a clinical account

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Lorna Wing
Lorna Wing*
Affiliation:
MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London
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1Address for correspondence: Dr Lorna Wing, MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF.
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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.

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Research Article
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , February 1981 , pp. 115 - 129
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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