Pervasive Refusal Syndrome in Autistic Spectrum Disorder
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Pervasive refusal syndrome
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Psychiatry
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2090-682X,2090-6838
DOI: 10.1155/2018/5049818