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Brief Report: Electroencephalographic Paroxysmal Activities in the Frontal Area Emerged in Middle Childhood and During Adolescence in a Follow-up Study of Autism

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  1. Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Habilitation Clinic, Japan

    Yoko Kawasaki

  2. Tokyo Metropolitan Fuchu Hospital, Japan

    Keiji Yokota

  3. Tokyo Metropolitan Hospital of Neurology, Japan

    Mieko Shinomiya

  4. Yokohama Rehabilitation Center, Japan

    Yasuo Shimizu

  5. Fukushima Medical College, Japan

    Shin-ichi Niwa

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Kawasaki, Y., Yokota, K., Shinomiya, M. et al. Brief Report: Electroencephalographic Paroxysmal Activities in the Frontal Area Emerged in Middle Childhood and During Adolescence in a Follow-up Study of Autism. J Autism Dev Disord 27, 605–620 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025886228387

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