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The Cerebellum in Autism: Pathogenic or an Anatomical Beacon?

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Acknowledgments

The intramural research program at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development supported this work. MNZ was also supported by Baylor College of Medicine MSTP and the NIH-University of Cambridge biomedical scholars program. The funders had no role in decision to publish or preparation of the manuscript.

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  1. Laboratory of Clinical and Developmental Genomics, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, 49 Convent Drive, Building 49, Room 2C08, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA

    Mark N. Ziats & Owen M. Rennert

  2. Baylor College of Medicine MSTP, Houston, TX, USA

    Mark N. Ziats

  3. NIH-University of Cambridge Biomedical Scholars Program, Cambridge, UK

    Mark N. Ziats

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Ziats, M.N., Rennert, O.M. The Cerebellum in Autism: Pathogenic or an Anatomical Beacon?. Cerebellum 12, 776–777 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12311-013-0483-x

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