Case Report: Association of Waardenburg Syndrome with Intellectual Disability, Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Unprovoked Aggressive Outbursts: a New Behavioural Phenotype?
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*Reza Kiani, MD, MRCPsych Specialist Registrar/Honorary Lecturer in Psychiatry of Learning Disability, and Honorary Specialist Registrar, National Deaf Services. Leicester Frith Hospital, Leicester, UK Tel: 0116 225 5273 Fax: 0116 225 5272 email: [email protected] Satheesh Kumar Gangadharan, MD, MRCPsych Consultant in Psychiatry of Learning Disability, Leicester Frith Hospital, Leicester, UK Tel: 0116 225 5273 Fax: 0116 225 5272 email: [email protected]
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