Mirror neuron dysfunction in autism spectrum disorders

@article{Perkins2010MirrorND,
  title={Mirror neuron dysfunction in autism spectrum disorders},
  author={Thomas John Perkins and Mark Andrew Stokes and Jane McGillivray and Richard G. Bittar},
  journal={Journal of Clinical Neuroscience},
  year={2010},
  volume={17},
  pages={1239-1243},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:15141982}
}

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