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Brief report: Violence in asperger syndrome, a critique

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the help of Paulette Lockwood in the preparation of the manuscript.

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Ghaziuddin, M., Tsai, L. & Ghaziuddin, N. Brief report: Violence in asperger syndrome, a critique. J Autism Dev Disord 21, 349–354 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02207331

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