Maurizio Bonati is professor of public health at the Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCSS in Milan, Italy.
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Maurizio Bonati
Professor
Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS
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Clinicians should consider off-label treatments for autism
Clinicians need a more consistent and evidence-based approach to prescribing antipsychotics to children and adolescents with autism.
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Clinicians should consider off-label treatments for autism
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