The biology of the autistic syndromes / Christopher Gillberg, Mary Coleman.

London : Mac Keith Press, 2000.

Cambridge : Distributed by Cambridge University Press

x, 330 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

3rd edition.

Copy 1. Donor: Scope.

1. Introduction -- 2. Clinical Diagnosis -- 3. Asperger Syndrome -- 4. Diagnosis in Infancy -- 5. Clinical Course in Childhood and Adolescence -- 6. Adults with Autism -- 7. Additional Behaviors Seen in Individuals with Autism -- 8. The Epidemiology of Autism and its Spectrum Disorders -- 9. Neuropsychology in Autism and its Spectrum Disorders -- 10. The Disease Entities of Autism -- 11. Double Syndromes -- 12. Epilepsy and Electrophysiology -- 13. Biochemistry, Endocrinology and Immunology -- 14. Structural Information -- From Brain Imaging and Neuropathology -- 15. The Genetics of Autism -- 16. The First Neuropsychiatric Assessment -- 17. Medical Therapies -- 18. Other Interventions -- 19. The Neurology of Autism -- App. 1. Glossary of Genetic Terms -- App. 2. Charter for Persons with Autism.

Includes bibliographical references and index.