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Molecular and clinical characterization of a small duplication Xp in a human female with psychiatric disorders

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Piccione M., Sanfilippo C., Cavani S., Salatiello P., Malacarne M., Pierluigi M., Fichera M., Luciano D. and Corsello G. 2011 Molecular and clinical characterization of a small duplication Xp in a human female with psychiatric disorders. J. Genet. 90, xx-xx

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PICCIONE, M., SANFILIPPO, C., CAVANI, S. et al. Molecular and clinical characterization of a small duplication Xp in a human female with psychiatric disorders. J Genet 90, 473–477 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-011-0096-4

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