The biology of the autistic syndromes
By: Christopher Gillberg, Mary Coleman.
Contributors: Coleman, Mary.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Series: Clinics in developmental medicine ;; no. 153/4
Publisher: Mac Keith Press; Distributed by Cambridge University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
Subjects: Autism in children.; Autism in children -- Etiology.; Child development deviations -- Physiological aspects.; Autistic Disorder -- etiology.; Autistic Disorder -- physiopathology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. INTRODUCTION 1; title: 2. CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS 4; title: 3. ASPERGER SYNDROME 39; title: 4. DIAGNOSIS IN INFANCY 53; title: 5. CLINICAL COURSE IN CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE 63; title: 6. ADULTS WITH AUTISM 73; title: 7. ADDITIONAL BEHAVIORS SEEN IN INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM 79; title: 8. THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF AUTISM AND ITS SPECTRUM DISORDERS 85; title: 9. NEUROPSYCHOLOGY IN AUTISM AND ITS SPECTRUM DISORDERS 102; title: 10. THE DISEASE ENTITIES OF AUTISM 118; title: 11. DOUBLE SYNDROMES 136; title: 12. EPILEPSY AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY 185; title: 13. BIOCHEMISTRY, ENDOCRINOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY 197; title: 14. STRUCTURAL INFORMATION - FROM BRAIN IMAGING AND NEUROPATHOLOGY 217; title: 15. THE GENETICS OF AUTISM 232; title: 16. THE FIRST NEUROPSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT 262; title: 17. MEDICAL THERAPIES 269; title: 18. OTHER INTERVENTIONS 286; title: 19. THE NEUROLOGY OF AUTISM 291.