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09 Dec 2016, 1:09 am

Anxiety measure for children with autism proven reliable

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In children on the spectrum, anxiety is often masked by the symptoms of autism. But a new variant to a standard anxiety screening method has now proven effective in separating the two and it is leading to important diagnoses.


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