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Supported by funds from NIMH (1-RO1-MH-36840) and NINDS (5-RO1-NS-19855) awarded to Eric Courchesne.
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Courchesne, E. New evidence of cerebellar and brainstem hypoplasia in autistic infants, children and adolescents: The MR imaging study by Hashimoto and colleagues. J Autism Dev Disord 25, 19–22 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02178164
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