Autism, Asperger's syndrome and the Crick-Mitchison theory of the biological function of REM sleep

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 399-403

  Brown, D W ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LEARNING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; REVIEW;

EID: 0029848015     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(96)90220-0     Document Type: Article

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