Insulin signaling and autism

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 2, Issue OCT, 2011, Pages

  Stern, Michael ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84868479189     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2011.00054     Document Type: Article

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