Asperger's Syndrome: High-functioning Specific Pervasive Developmental Disorder

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1997-09-30

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Alcaina-Prósper, T., Gutiérrez-Casares, J. R., Gallardo, R., & Pérez, A. (1997). Asperger’s Syndrome: High-functioning Specific Pervasive Developmental Disorder. Revista De Psiquiatría Infanto-Juvenil, (3), 179–185. Retrieved from https://aepnya.eu/index.php/revistaaepnya/article/view/593

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No. 3 (1997): July-September

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Case reports

Authors

  • T. Alcaina-Prósper Hospital Infanta Cristina
  • J. R Gutiérrez-Casares Hospital Infanta Cristina
  • R. Gallardo Unidad de Psiquiatría Infantil
  • A. Pérez Hospital Infanta Cristina

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Asperger's syndrome

Abstract

Asperger's syndrome is a specific pervasive developmental disorder characterized by the following items: l. Normal intelligence. 2. Qualitative alterations in reciprocal social interactions. 3. Strange behaviors. 4. Absence of clinically significant alterations in cognitive development and self-help skills, language, adaptive behavior, and curiosity about the environment. 5. Restricted, repetitive, and stereotyped behaviors, interests, and activities. 6. Motor clumsiness.

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