Autism in Women: Why It Is So Often Missed
Why autism is so often missed in women: the female phenotype, masking, male-biased criteria, and the misdiagnosis trail before autism is recognized. Not a diagnosis.
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Why autism is so often missed in women: the female phenotype, masking, male-biased criteria, and the misdiagnosis trail before autism is recognized. Not a diagnosis.
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