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    J. Roswell Gallagher M.D. (Chief, The Adolescent Unit)

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From the Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, and The Adolescent Unit, Children’s Hospital, Boston. Studies upon which some of this material is based were supported by The Grant Foundation, Inc.

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Gallagher, J.R. I. Specific language disability: Dyslexia. Bulletin of the Orton Society 10, 5–10 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02661674

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