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- 1988
- Type
- review
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 3-30
- Citations
- 177
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Susan E. Folstein,
Michael Rutter
(1988).
Autism: Familial aggregation and genetic implications.
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
, 18
(1)
, 3-30.
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02211815
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- 10.1007/bf02211815