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Brief Report: Immunoglobulin a Deficiency in a Subset of Autistic Subjects

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    Reed P. Warren

  2. Utah State University, USA

    J. Dennis Odell, W. Louise Warren, Roger A. Burger, Alma Maciulis, Wayne W. Daniels & Anthony R. Torres

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Warren, R.P., Odell, J.D., Warren, W.L. et al. Brief Report: Immunoglobulin a Deficiency in a Subset of Autistic Subjects. J Autism Dev Disord 27, 187–192 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025895925178

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