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How to Test the Extreme Male Brain Theory of Autism in Terms of Foetal Androgens?

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, CB #7160, Chapel Hill, NC, 7023, USA

    Rebecca C. Knickmeyer

  2. Neurosciences Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7160, USA

    Rebecca C. Knickmeyer

  3. Autism Research Centre, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK

    Simon Baron-Cohen, Bonnie Auyeung & Emma Ashwin

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Knickmeyer, R.C., Baron-Cohen, S., Auyeung, B. et al. How to Test the Extreme Male Brain Theory of Autism in Terms of Foetal Androgens?. J Autism Dev Disord 38, 995–996 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-008-0553-y

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