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Heterogeneity in prevalence of co-occurring psychiatric conditions in autism
Alexandra Havdahl1, Somer Bishop2
1Nic Waals Institute, Lovisenberg Diaconal Hospital, 0853 Oslo, Norway; Department of Mental Disorders, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway; MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
The Lancet. Psychiatry
|August 27, 2019
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