Hostname: page-component-8448b6f56d-xtgtn Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-24T10:38:00.592Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Left hemisphere & cerebellar damage in Asperger's syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Selim M El-Badri
Affiliation:
St. Luke's Hospital, Middlesbrough, Cleveland TS4 3AF, UK
Margaret Anne Lewis
Affiliation:
St. Luke's Hospital, Middlesbrough, Cleveland TS4 3AF, UK

Abstract

A case of Asperger's syndrome is presented with evidence of left hemisphere and cerebellar abnormalities.

Type
Clinical & Brief Reports
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

1.Prior, M. Biological and neuro-psychological approaches to childhood autism. Br J Psychiatry 1987; 150: 817.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
2.Gillberg, C. Autism: neurobiological correlates. Curr Opin Psychiatry 1989; 2: 9397.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
3.Le Couteur A. Autism: current understanding and management. Br J Hosp Med 1990; 13: 448452.Google Scholar
4.Hauser, SI, De Long, GR, Rosmah, NP. Pneumographic findings in the infantile autistic syndrome – a correlation with temporal lobe disease. Brain 1975; 98: 667688.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
5.De Long, GR. A neuropsychological interpretation of infantile autism. In: Rutter, M, Schopter, E, editors. Autism: a re-appraisal of concepts and treatment. New York: Plenum, 1978: 207–18.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
6.Hetzler, B, Griffin, J. Infantile autism and the temporal lobe of the brain. J Autism Dev Disord 1981; 11: 317330.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
7.Gaffney, GR, Kuperman, S, Tsai, Ly, et al.Mid-sagittal magnetic resonance imaging of autism. Br J Psychiatry 1987; 151: 831833.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
8.Campbell, M, Rosenbloom, S, Perry, R, et al.Computerised axial tomography in young autistic children. Am J Psychiatry 1982; 139: 510512.Google ScholarPubMed
9.Gillberg, C, Svendsen, P. Childhood psychosis and computed tomographic brain scan findings. J Autism Dev Disord 1983; 13: 1932.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
10.Wing, L. Asperger's syndrome: a clinical account. Psychol Med 1981; 11: 115129.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
11.Rutter, M. Infantile autism and other pervasive developmental disorders. In: Rutter, M, Hersov, L, editors. Child and adolescent psychiatry: modern approaches. London: Blackwell, 1985: 545566.Google Scholar
12.Tantam, D. Asperger's syndrome. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 1988; 29: 245255.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
13.Jones, PB, Kerwin, RW. Left temporal lobe damage in Asperger's syndrome. Br J Psychiatry 1990; 156: 570572.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
14.Courchesne, E, Yeung-Courchesne, R, Press, GA, et al.Hypoplasia of cerebellar vermal lobules VI and VII in autism. N Engl J Med 1988; 318: 13491354.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
15.Gillberg, C, Gillberg, IC. Infantile autism: a total population study of reduced optimality in the pre, peri and neo-natal period. J Autism Dev Disord 1983; 13: 153156.CrossRefGoogle Scholar