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Abstract
A disorder beginning in childhood whose essential features are persistent impairment in reciprocal social communication and social interaction, and restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities. These symptoms may limit or impair everyday functioning. (From DSM-5)
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- Asperger Disease
- Asperger Disorder
- Asperger's Disease
- Asperger's Disorder
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Asperger Diseases
- Asperger Disorders
- Asperger's Diseases
- Aspergers Disease
- Aspergers Disorder
- Aspergers Syndrome
- Disease, Asperger
- Disease, Asperger's
- Diseases, Asperger
- Diseases, Asperger's
- Disorder, Asperger
- Disorder, Asperger's
- Disorders, Asperger
- Syndrome, Asperger
- Syndrome, Asperger's
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.
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History Note
2000
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Previous Indexing
- Autistic Disorder (1981-1999)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Asperger Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020817. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020817
- Asperger Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger_syndrome
- Asperger Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161790