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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Assessment of Parental Knowledge, Awareness, and Perception About Autism Spectrum Disorders in Aseer Region, Southwestern Saudi Arabia

Waddah M AlAlmaei Asiri1 Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi ArabiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7809-5191View further author information
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Ayed A Shati2 Department of Child Health, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Saleh M Al-Qahtani2 Department of Child Health, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Youssef A Al-Qahtani2 Department of Child Health, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Mohammed S Aldarami3 Department of Surgery, King Abdullah Hospital, Bisha, Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Fahad D Alamri4 College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Huda S Alshahrani5 Department of Psychiatry, Abha Psychiatric Hospital, Abha, Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Syed Esam Mahmood6 Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi ArabiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5264-5677View further author information
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Pages 557-564 | Received 10 Sep 2022, Accepted 27 Jan 2023, Published online: 16 Feb 2023

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