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A case of intrauterine cytomegalovirus infection with onset of autistic symptoms apparently after 6 months of age is reported. Physicians who find autistic symptoms in very young children might include cytomegalovirus in their differential to document the presence or absence of a correlation.
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Stubbs, E.G. Autistic symptoms in a child with congenital cytomegaloviras infection. J Autism Dev Disord 8, 37–43 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01550276
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