Article
Autism and Asperger syndrome: coexistence with other clinical disorders.
Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica - 1 Nov 2000
Gillberg C, Billstedt E
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: : To provide a clinically useful analysis of the extent to which autism and Asperger syndrome coexist with other disorders. METHOD: Selective review of the literature detailing data pertaining to symptoms and disorders sometimes encountered in connection with autism or Asperger syndrome. RESULTS: A large number of medical conditions, psychiatric disorders and behavioural and motor dyscontrol symptoms...
Topics
- Age Factors
- Asperger Syndrome
- Autistic Disorder
- Brain Diseases
- Brain Stem
- Child Development Disorders, Pervasive
- Comorbidity
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Hyperkinesis
- Mental Disorders
- Motor Skills Disorders
