Methyl-CpG-binding Protein 2 (MECP2) Gene Mutations in an Italian Sample of Patients with Pervasive Developmental Disorder and Mental Retardation

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Journal of Child Neurology

• Publication date

  2009-02-02

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1177/0883073808327834PMID 19189931
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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