[Alexithymia and Asperger syndrome]. / Alexitimia y síndrome de Asperger.

INTRODUCTION: The study starts with the hypothesis that the difficulty to identify and describe emotions and feelings, and to differentiate the feelings of bodily sensations that accompany them, are a common denominator of the construct of alexithymia and Asperger syndrome (AS). PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study evaluates the levels of alexithymia in nine adult male subjects with AS. RESULTS: The results are classified according to whether the source of information is the subject itself with SA (significant alexithymia level in 2/3 parts of the subjects surveyed) or if the source is a relative (the final score in relation to the presence of the alexithymia is the double than in neurotypical population). CONCLUSION: It's confirmed a significant comorbidity between alexithymia and SA leading to the question of whether alexithymia is a idiosyncratic trait of individuals with SA.