The genetic basis for mental retardation

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 169-175

  Raynham, H ^a   Gibbons, R ^a   Flint, J ^a   Higgs, D ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CYTOGENETICS; DEVELOPMENT; GENE ISOLATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0029981623     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/89.3.169     Document Type: Review

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