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Left Temporal Lobe Damage in Asperger's Syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

P. B. Jones  and
R. W. Kerwin
P. B. Jones*
Affiliation:
Genetics Section, Institute of Psychiatry, de Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF
R. W. Kerwin
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry and Maudsley Hospital, London
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

In the search for neurobiological factors in the aetiology of autism, interest has focused on the temporal lobes. We present a case of Asperger's syndrome in an otherwise healthy adult with direct evidence of left temporal lobe damage on computerised tomography.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 156 , Issue 4 , April 1990 , pp. 570 - 572
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990 

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