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Brief report: Cognitive subclinical markers in autism

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This work was supported in part by Public Health Service grants MH1681-06 from the National Institute of Mental Health, A BRSG award 507RR5756-13 to S. Smalley, and a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to R. Asarnow. Special thanks to Lisa Ellzey for her work on this project and Dr. James Q. Simmons III, for his support and encouragement.

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Smalley, S.L., Asarnow, R.F. Brief report: Cognitive subclinical markers in autism. J Autism Dev Disord 20, 271–278 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02284724

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