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  1. Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience. King’s College, London, UK

    Patricia Howlin

  2. Psychology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK

    Philippa Moss

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Howlin, P., Moss, P. (2018). Outcome Studies. In: Volkmar, F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6435-8_452-3

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