title: Asperger's syndrome: a clinical account.
abstract: The clinical features, course, aetiology, epidemiology, differential diagnosis and management of Asperger's syndrome are described. Classification is discussed and reasons are given for including the syndrome, together with early childhood autism, in a wider group of conditions which have, in common, impairment of development of social interaction, communication and imagination.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007804:Language Development; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills; D010553:Personality Development; D011379:Prognosis; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013239:Stereotyped Behavior