Behavioral and psychiatric disorder in velo-cardio-facial syndrome

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

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 135-146

  Stevens, Angela F ^a   Murphy, Kieran C ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

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EID: 65249102937     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511544101.008     Document Type: Chapter

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