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Autism Spectrum Disorders (Pervasive Developmental Disorders)

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Strock, Margaret (2004). Autism Spectrum Disorders (Pervasive Developmental Disorders). NIH Publication No. NIH-04-5511, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, 40 pp. http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/autism.cfm

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NIH Publication No.04-5511
April 2004,
Addendum February 2007

 

 
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