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Probing the Brain in Autism Using fMRI and Diffusion Tensor Imaging
Published on: September 12, 2011
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Providing Effective Medical Care to Autistic People
Lauren D Schiff1, Ashley O D Hester1, Teal Benevides1
1From the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill (L.D.S., A.O.D.H.); and the Institute of Public and Preventive Health, Augusta University, Augusta, GA (T.B.).
The New England Journal of Medicine
|December 16, 2024
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