Angelman syndrome: Mutations influence features in early childhood
โ Scribed by Wen-Hann Tan; Carlos A. Bacino; Steven A. Skinner; Irina Anselm; Rene Barbieri-Welge; Astrid Bauer-Carlin; Arthur L. Beaudet; Terry Jo Bichell; Jennifer K. Gentile; Daniel G. Glaze; Lucia T. Horowitz; Sanjeev V. Kothare; Hye-Seung Lee; Mark P. Nespeca; Sarika U. Peters; Trilochan Sahoo; Dean Sarco; Susan E. Waisbren; Lynne M. Bird
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 133 KB
- Volume
- 155
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1552-4825
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