A Review of the Safety, Efficacy and Mechanisms of Delivery of Nasal Oxytocin in Children: Therapeutic Potential for Autism and Prader-Willi Syndrome, and Recommendations for Future Research

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  2017

• Venue

  Pediatric Drugs

• Publication date

  2017-07-18

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1007/s40272-017-0248-yPMID 28721467
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