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The contribution of prenatal stress to the pathogenesis of autism as a neurobiological developmental disorder: a dizygotic twin study

M Claassen, H Naudé, E Pretorius, and M C Bosman

Early Child Dev Care 178(5):487 - 511 (2008)

DOI: 10.1080/03004430600851173
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