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A Treatable Cause of Intellectual Disability and Autism in a Young Child

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  1. Department of Neurological Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

    Sangeetha Yoganathan, Mukul Malhotra, Mahalakshmi Chandran & Maya Thomas

  2. Neurology Division, Department of Pediatrics, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Kalawati Saran Children’s Hospital, New Delhi, India

    Suvasini Sharma

  3. Department of Radiodiagnosis, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

    Mugil Varman

  4. Department of Human Genetics, National Institute of Mental Health Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560029, India

    Gautham Arunachal

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Yoganathan, S., Sharma, S., Varman, M. et al. A Treatable Cause of Intellectual Disability and Autism in a Young Child. Indian J Pediatr 87, 850–851 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-020-03225-y

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