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Child Neuropsychology
A Journal on Normal and Abnormal Development in Childhood and Adolescence
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Effects of Comt Genotype on Behavioral Symptomatology in the 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome

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Pages 109-117 | Published online: 16 Feb 2007

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