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Chapter 4 - Intellectual Disability Syndromes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2018

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Kelly Janke  and
Lisa Jacola
Edited by
Jacobus Donders  and
Scott J. Hunter
Jacobus Donders
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Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital
Scott J. Hunter
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University of Chicago
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Neuropsychological Conditions Across the Lifespan , pp. 61 - 78
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Save book to Google Drive

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