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Asperger syndrome
Hans Asperger described his young patients as "little professors"
ICD-10	F 84.5
ICD-9	299.8
OMIM	608638
DiseasesDB	31268
MedlinePlus	001549


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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Synonyms and keywords: Asperger's syndrome; Asperger's disorder; Asperger's; AS

Overview

Historical Perspective

Classification

Pathophysiology

Causes

Differentiating Asperger Syndrome from other Disorders

Epidemiology and Demographics

Risk Factors

Screening

Natural History, Complications and Prognosis

Diagnosis

History and Symptoms | Physical Examination | Laboratory Findings | Other Diagnostic Studies

Treatment

Medical Therapy | Behavioral Therapy | Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy | Future or Investigational Therapies

v • d • e Pervasive developmental disorders / Autism spectrum
Main	Causes • Comorbid conditions • Epidemiology • Heritability • Sociological and cultural aspects • Therapies
Diagnoses	Asperger syndrome • Autism • Childhood disintegrative disorder • Fragile X syndrome • Multiple-complex Developmental Disorder • PDD-NOS • Rett syndrome • Semantic pragmatic disorder
Controversies	Autism rights movement • Autistic enterocolitis • Chelation • MMR vaccine controversy • Neurodiversity • Refrigerator mother • Thiomersal controversy
Lists	Autism-related topics • Fictional characters • Further reading on Asperger syndrome • People on the autistic spectrum • People speculated to have been autistic
Groups	Aspies For Freedom • Autism Society of America • Autism Speaks • Generation Rescue • National Autism Association • National Autistic Society • Safe Minds • Wrong Planet

v • d • e WHO ICD-10 mental and behavioural disorders (F · 290–319)
Neurological/symptomatic	Dementia (Alzheimer's disease, multi-infarct dementia, Pick's disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease, AIDS dementia complex, Frontotemporal dementia) · Delirium · Post-concussion syndrome
Psychoactive substance	Intoxication (drunkenness) · Physical dependence (alcohol dependence, opioid dependency, cocaine dependence) · Withdrawal (benzodiazepine withdrawal, delirium tremens) · </br> Amnesic: (Korsakoff's syndrome)
Psychotic disorder	Schizophrenia (disorganized schizophrenia) · Schizotypal personality disorder · Delusional disorder · Folie à deux · Schizoaffective disorder
Mood (affective)	Mania · Bipolar disorder · Clinical depression · Cyclothymia · Dysthymia
Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform	Agoraphobia · Anxiety disorder · Panic disorder · Generalized anxiety disorder · Social Anxiety Disorder · OCD · Acute stress reaction · PTSD · Adjustment disorder · Conversion disorder (Ganser syndrome) · Somatoform disorder · Somatization disorder · Neurasthenia
Physiological/physical behavioural	Eating disorder (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa) · Sleep disorder (dyssomnia, insomnia, hypersomnia, parasomnia, night terror, nightmare) · </br>Sexual dysfunction (erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, vaginismus, dyspareunia, hypersexuality) · Postpartum depression
Adult personality and behaviour	Personality disorder · Passive-aggressive behavior · Kleptomania · Trichotillomania · Voyeurism · Factitious disorder · Munchausen syndrome · Ego-dystonic sexual orientation
Mental retardation	Mental retardation
Psychological development (developmental disorder)	Specific: speech and language (expressive language disorder, aphasia, expressive aphasia, receptive aphasia, Landau-Kleffner syndrome, lisp) · Scholastic skills (dyslexia, dysgraphia, Gerstmann syndrome) · Motor function (developmental dyspraxia) Pervasive: Autism · Rett syndrome · Asperger syndrome
Behavioural and emotional, childhood and adolescence onset	ADHD · Conduct disorder · Oppositional defiant disorder · Separation anxiety disorder · Selective mutism · Reactive attachment disorder · Tic disorder · Tourette syndrome · Speech (stuttering · cluttering)