Mental retardation: Definition, classification and etiology

Genetics of Mental Retardation: An Overview Encompassing Learning Disability and Intellectual Disability

Volumn 18, Issue , 2010, Pages 16-30

  Ragan, R ^a   Willatt, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84856058719     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783805592819.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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