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Brief report: A prospective case report of infantile autism from pregnancy to four years

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  1. Department of Medical Allied Health Professions, Division of Physical Therapy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

    Joyce W. Sparling

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This study was supported in part from a March of Dimes Foundation Grant #6-44 and Maternal and Child Health Grant 149.

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Sparling, J.W. Brief report: A prospective case report of infantile autism from pregnancy to four years. J Autism Dev Disord 21, 229–236 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02284762

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