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Editorial
. 2024 Feb;149(2):85-87.
doi: 10.1111/acps.13653.

Embracing evolutionary theories of autism: Implications for psychiatry

Tanya L Procyshyn  1 , Alex Tsompanidis  1 , Simon Baron-Cohen  1
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Editorial

Embracing evolutionary theories of autism: Implications for psychiatry

Tanya L Procyshyn et al. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2024 Feb.
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