The Angelman Syndrome: a Brief Review
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AGATA MALTESE1, MARGHERITA SALERNO2, GABRIELE TRIPI3,4, PALMIRA ROMANO5, ANNACLAUDIA RICCIARDI5, ANNABELLADI FOLCO1, TERESA DI FILIPPO1, LUCIA PARISI1 1Department of Psychological, Pedagogical and Educational Sciences, University of Palermo, Italy 2Sciences for Mother and Child Health Promotion, University of Palermo, Italy 3Department PROSAMI, University of Palermo, Italy 4Childhood Psychiatric Service for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, CH Chinon, France 5Clinic of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, Department of Mental Health and Physical and Preventive Medicine; Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Italy
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