Asperger's syndrome (Topical Term)

Work cat.: Autism and Asperger syndrome, 1991 (also Asperger's syndrome)

MESH browser, June 14, 2007 (Asperger Syndrome. Entry terms: Asperger s Disorder, Asperger s Syndrome)

Dev. Med. Child Neurol., "Asperger's syndrome and autism: comparison of early history and outcome": Dec., 1989: 31(6) ("there were no substantive, qualitative differences between the AS and the autistic groups, indicating that AS should be considered a mild form of high-functioning autism")

Campbell psych. dict.: Asperger's syndrome, see Psychopathy, Autistic ("a type of character disorder characterized by lack of sensitivity, intuition, and human understanding. The autistic psychopath lives in the normal world but in a way that is uniquely his own; his speech, for example, is more a proclaiming than two-way conversation.")

DSM IV (Asperger s disorder)

WebMD, Dec. 3, 2008 (three forms of autism spectrum disorder and two rare severe autistic-like conditions: Asperger s syndrome; pervasive developmental disorder, not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS); autistic disorder; Rett syndrome; childhood disintegrative disorder; because Asperger s syndromeis mild compared to other autism spectrum disorders, some doctors call it "high-functioning autism")

National Institutes of Mental Health WWW site, Dec. 5, 2008 (the pervasive developmental disorders, or autism spectrum disorders, range from a severe form, called autistic disorder, to a milder form, Asperger syndrome)

MESH browser, Dec. 3, 2008 (Asperger Syndrome: UF: Asperger s Disorder, Asperger s Syndrome; a childhood disorder predominately affecting boys and similiar to autism)

Forfar paediatrics; Am. psych. gloss.; Kaplan psych.; UCLA hdbk. psych.; Gloss. ment. dis.; DSM-III-R; Dorland's med. dict.; Stedman's med. dict.