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Esposito, G., Vivanti, G. (2017). Gross Motor Skills. In: Volkmar, F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6435-8_179-3
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