title: Early-onset anorexia nervosa in girls with Asperger syndrome.
abstract: Eating disorders frequently occur in conjunction with autism spectrum disorders, posing diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties. The comorbidity of anorexia nervosa and Asperger syndrome is a significant clinical complication and has been associated with a poorer prognosis. The authors are presenting the cases of an eleven-year-old girl and a five-and-a-half-year-old girl with comorbid eating disorders and Asperger syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Psychiatry, Charles University Second Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Iva
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dudova
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Psychiatry, Charles University Second Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kocourkova
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Psychiatry, Charles University Second Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Jiri
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Koutek
keywords: Asperger syndrome; autism spectrum disorders; diagnostics; early-onset anorexia nervosa; eating disorders; therapy