Cognitive strengths and weaknesses associated with Prader-Willi syndrome

Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 441-448

  Conners, Frances A ^a   Rosenquist, Celia J ^b   Atwell, Julie A ^b   Klinger, Laura Grofer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b NONE

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