Do anomalies of handedness exist in children with Fragile-X syndrome?

Laterality

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 91-101

  Cornish, K M ^a   Pigram, J ^a   Shaw, K ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0242390604     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713754261     Document Type: Article

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