Do Some Cases of Anorexia Nervosa Reflect Underlying Autistic-Like Conditions?

In a sample of 51 teenagers with anorexia nervosa (AN)—which included 24 cases constituting the total population of AN cases born in 1970—several had shown social, communicative and behaviour patterns suggestive of autistic-like conditions as children, long before the onset of AN. One of the three b...

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Main Authors: C. Gillberg, M. Råstam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 1992-01-01
Series:Behavioural Neurology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-1992-5105