Consideration of Congenital Hypothyroidism as the Possible Cause of Autism
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Xiaobin Xu1, Hirohiko Kanai2, Masanori Ookubo3, Satoru Suzuki4, Nobumasa Kato5 and Miyuki Sadamatsu6 1Center For Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Institute of Life Science, Nanchang University 330031, 2Dept. Psychiatry, Shiga Univ. Med. Sci., Shiga, 3Dept. Psychiatry, Minakuchi Hosp., Koka City, Shiga, 4Dept. Aging Med. and Geriatrics, Shinshu Univ., Nagano, 5Dept. of Psychiatry, Karasuyama Hospital, Showa Univ. Sch.of Med., Tokyo, 6Dept. Psychiatry, Nara Med. Univ. Nara, 1China 2,3,4,5,6 Japan
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