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Comment
. 2024 Mar;8(3):e5.
doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(23)00344-9.

Better measures needed to mitigate sex bias in autism identification

Catherine A Burrows  1 , Shuting Zheng  2
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Better measures needed to mitigate sex bias in autism identification

Catherine A Burrows et al. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2024 Mar.
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