Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 5 , Pages 463-464 , May 2009

A Wrinkle in Time: From Early Signs to a Diagnosis of Autism

  • Eric Fombonne, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Dr. Eric Fombonne, Department of Psychiatry, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University, 4018 Ste-Catherine West, Montreal, Quebec, H37 1P2, Canada

,Accepted 22 January 2009.

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PII: S0890-8567(09)60062-9

doi: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e31819e40c0

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 5 , Pages 463-464 , May 2009

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