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An 11-month-old boy with psychomotor regression and auto-aggressive behaviour

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We are grateful to our colleagues Dr. Bianca Maria Regazzoni and Dr. Vincenzo D'Apuzzo (Mendrisio) as well as to Dr. Gian Paolo Ramelli (Bellinzona) for sharing clinical data and videotapes which were useful in reviewing the case.

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    Present address: Division of Molecular Paediatrics, CHUV, Rue du Bugnon 46, 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland

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    Christina Chrysochoou, Christoph Rutishauser, Thomas Neuhaus, Eugen Boltshauser & Andrea Superti-Furga

  2. Swiss Toxicological Information Centre, Zürich, Switzerland

    Christine Rauber-Lüthy

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Chrysochoou, C., Rutishauser, C., Rauber-Lüthy, C. et al. An 11-month-old boy with psychomotor regression and auto-aggressive behaviour. Eur J Pediatr 162, 559–561 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-003-1239-2

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