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Arbelle, S., Ben-Zion, I.Z. (2002). Sleep Problems in Autism. In: Schopler, E., Yirmiya, N., Shulman, C., Marcus, L.M. (eds) The Research Basis for Autism Intervention., vol 264. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47946-X_15
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