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Adaptive Functioning and Feeding Behavior: Key Targets in Autism Management

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  1. Division of Child Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, 110029, India

    Sheffali Gulati & Rachana Dubey

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Gulati, S., Dubey, R. Adaptive Functioning and Feeding Behavior: Key Targets in Autism Management. Indian J Pediatr 82, 671–672 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-015-1824-1

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