Update on autism: Issues in treatment and comorbidity

Psychiatric Times

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 33-39

  Siegel, Biyna ^a   IhIe, Eva ^a   Marco, Elysa ^a   Hendren, Robert L ^a,b  

^a Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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