The pathogenesis of autism: Insights from congenital blindness

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1430, 2003, Pages 335-344

  Hobson, R Peter ^a   Bishop, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Blindness; Intersubjectivity; Social relations

Indexed keywords

AUTISM;

EID: 0037470534     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2002.1201     Document Type: Article

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