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Toward a Better Understanding of Self Injurious Behaviors in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders

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Acknowledgments

The authors wish to thank Dr. Annie Dupuis at the Biostatistics, Design and Analysis Facility at the Hospital for Sick Children for her help with the preparation of the figure.

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  1. Autism Research Unit, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Emma G. Duerden & S. Wendy Roberts

  2. Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada

    Emma G. Duerden

  3. Holland Bloorview Children’s Rehabilitation Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

    S. Wendy Roberts

  4. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Peter Szatmari

  5. Offord Centre for Child Studies, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Peter Szatmari

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Duerden, E.G., Szatmari, P. & Roberts, S.W. Toward a Better Understanding of Self Injurious Behaviors in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders. J Autism Dev Disord 42, 2515–2518 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-012-1600-2

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