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  1. Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, 3811 O’Hara St, Webster Hall – Suite 300, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA

    Prof. Nancy J. Minshew (Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology, Director of NIH CPEA (PGH)

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  1. Irving B. Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Psychology Yale University School of Medicine, Chief, Child Psychiatry Children's Hospital at Yale-New Haven Child Study Center, New Haven, CT, USA

    Fred R. Volkmar (Director, Child Study Center) (Director, Child Study Center)

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Minshew, N.J. (2013). Neurologist. In: Volkmar, F.R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1698-3_680

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