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Liquid Fluoxetine versus Placebo for Repetitive Behaviors in Childhood Autism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2006

Eric Hollander
Affiliation:
Seaver & New York Autism Center of Excellence, Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
Erika Swanson
Affiliation:
Seaver & New York Autism Center of Excellence, Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
Evdokia Anagnostou
Affiliation:
Seaver & New York Autism Center of Excellence, Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
Ann Phillips
Affiliation:
Seaver & New York Autism Center of Excellence, Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
William Chaplin
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Saint John's University, Jamaica, New York
Stacey Wasserman
Affiliation:
Seaver & New York Autism Center of Excellence, Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

Abstract

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© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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