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Camaioni, L., Perucchini, P., Muratori, F. et al. Brief Report: A Longitudinal Examination of the Communicative Gestures Deficit in Young Children with Autism. J Autism Dev Disord 27, 715–725 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025858917000
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