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Liquid Fluoxetine versus Placebo for Repetitive Behaviors in Childhood Autism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2006

Eric Hollander ,
Erika Swanson ,
Evdokia Anagnostou ,
Ann Phillips ,
William Chaplin  and
Stacey Wasserman
Eric Hollander
Affiliation:
Seaver & New York Autism Center of Excellence, Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
Erika Swanson
Affiliation:
Seaver & New York Autism Center of Excellence, Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
Evdokia Anagnostou
Affiliation:
Seaver & New York Autism Center of Excellence, Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
Ann Phillips
Affiliation:
Seaver & New York Autism Center of Excellence, Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
William Chaplin
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Saint John's University, Jamaica, New York
Stacey Wasserman
Affiliation:
Seaver & New York Autism Center of Excellence, Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
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Keywords

Autismliquid fluoxetinerepetitive behaviorsneurotherapeuticsclinical trialsYale-Brown Obsessive Compulsion Scale
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Review Article
Information
Progress in Neurotherapeutics and Neuropsychopharmacology , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , January 2006 , pp. 105 - 113
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© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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