Personality disorders and autism spectrum disorders: what are the connections?

@article{Lugnegrd2012PersonalityDA,
  title={Personality disorders and autism spectrum disorders: what are the connections?},
  author={Tove Lugneg{\aa}rd and Maria Unenge Hallerb{\"a}ck and Christopher Gillberg},
  journal={Comprehensive psychiatry},
  year={2012},
  volume={53 4},
  pages={
          333-40
        }
}
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