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Ghaziuddin, M., Tsai, L.Y. & Ghaziuddin, N. Brief report: Haloperidol treatment of trichotillomania in a boy with autism and mental retardation. J Autism Dev Disord 21, 365–371 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02207333
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