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Pica as a Feature of Autism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

H. G. Kinnell
H. G. Kinnell*
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Botleys Park Hospital, Guildford Road, Chertsey, Surrey
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 147 , Issue 1 , July 1985 , pp. 80 - 82
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Copyright © 1985 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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