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Childhood Autism: An Investigation of Aetiological Factors in Twenty-Five Cases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Gillian M. Skutsch*
Affiliation:
Biochemistry Department, University College, London, W.C.1
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Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1971 

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