An overview of medications commonly used to treat behavioral disorders associated with autism, tourette syndrome, and pervasive developmental disorders

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 144-150

  Sweeney, Dwight P ^a   Forness, Steven R ^b   Levitt, Jennifer G ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0010097885     PISSN: 10883576     EISSN: 15384829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/108835769801300302     Document Type: Article

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