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Asperger syndrome from childhood into adulthood
This article is the second in the series entitled ‘Life-span psychiatry’, which considers the developmental psychiatry of adulthood. The first article (Zwi & York, 2004; Invited commentaries: Asherson, 2004; Coghill, 2004, this issue) looked at attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Subsequent topics will include early developmental aspects of psychopathy and psychosis, and training implicat...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Deutsches Aerzteblatt Online
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1866-0452
DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2009.0059