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Response to “Letter to the Editor: The Overlap Between Alexithymia and Asperger’s Syndrome”, Fitzgerald and Bellgrove, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 36(4)

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  1. Department of Psychology Goldsmiths College, University of London, New Cross, London, SE14 6NW, UK

    Elisabeth L. Hill

  2. Department of Psychiatry for Adolescents and Young Adults, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, University Paris V, Paris, France

    Sylvie Berthoz

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Hill, E.L., Berthoz, S. Response to “Letter to the Editor: The Overlap Between Alexithymia and Asperger’s Syndrome”, Fitzgerald and Bellgrove, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 36(4). J Autism Dev Disord 36, 1143–1145 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-006-0287-7

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