THE OVERLAP BETWEEN ALEXITHYMIA AND ASPERGER’S SYNDROME

Michael Fitzgerald; Mark A. Bellgrove

doi:10.1007/s10803-006-0096-z

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

May 2006, 36:573

THE OVERLAP BETWEEN ALEXITHYMIA AND ASPERGER’S SYNDROME

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Michael FitzgeraldEmail author
Mark A. Bellgrove

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First Online:: 10 May 2006

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1.Department of PsychiatryTrinity College DublinDublin 2Ireland
2.Department of Psychology and the Institute of NeuroscienceTrinity CollegeDublinIreland

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