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Brief Report: Autistic Behaviors Among Children with Fragile X or Rett Syndrome: Implications for the Classification of Pervasive Developmental Disorder

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Mazzocco, M.M.M., Pulsifer, M., Fiumara, A. et al. Brief Report: Autistic Behaviors Among Children with Fragile X or Rett Syndrome: Implications for the Classification of Pervasive Developmental Disorder. J Autism Dev Disord 28, 321–328 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026012703449

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