Neuroimaging in velo-cardio-facial syndrome

Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome: A Model for Understanding Microdeletion Disorders

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 165-180

  Eliez, Stephan ^a   van Amelsvoort, Therese ^b  

^a Div of Child/Adolescent/Psychother   (Switzerland)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33645048015     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511544101.010     Document Type: Chapter

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