Anxiety in autism spectrum disorder

Psychiatric Symptoms and Comorbidities in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 21-38

  Uljarevic, Mirko ^a   Nuske, Heather ^b   Vivanti, Giacomo ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-29695-1_2     Document Type: Chapter

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