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Brief Report: Two-Year Control of Behavioral Symptoms with Risperidone in Two Profoundly Retarded Adults with Autism

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Dartnall, N.A., Holmes, J.P., Morgan, S.N. et al. Brief Report: Two-Year Control of Behavioral Symptoms with Risperidone in Two Profoundly Retarded Adults with Autism. J Autism Dev Disord 29, 87–91 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025926817928

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