The cognitive spectrum in velo-cardio-facial syndrome

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

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 147-164

  Campbell, Linda ^a   Swillen, Ann ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 84927009421     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511544101.009     Document Type: Chapter

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