Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 7 , Pages 688-691 , July 2009

Conceptualizing Autism: The Role for Emergence

  • George M. Anderson, Ph.D.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to George Anderson, Ph.D., Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, 230 South Frontage Rd., New Haven, CT

,Accepted 2 February 2009.

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 This article was reviewed under and accepted by Deputy Editor James J. Hudziak, M.D.Support of the Korczak Foundation for Autism Research and the Gettner Autism Research Fund is gratefully acknowledged.

PII: S0890-8567(09)60105-2

doi: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e3181a5e3d5

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 7 , Pages 688-691 , July 2009

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