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THE OVERLAP BETWEEN ALEXITHYMIA AND ASPERGER’S SYNDROME

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Dr. Bellgrove is supported in part by a Wellcome Trust (UK) International Biomedical Research Collaboration Grant on Autism.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland

    Michael Fitzgerald

  2. Department of Psychology and the Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

    Mark A. Bellgrove

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Fitzgerald, M., Bellgrove, M.A. THE OVERLAP BETWEEN ALEXITHYMIA AND ASPERGER’S SYNDROME. J Autism Dev Disord 36, 573–576 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-006-0096-z

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