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Deciphering the genetic basis of speech and language disorders.
Annual review of neuroscience - 1 Jan 2003
Fisher Simon E, Lai Cecilia S L, Monaco Anthony P
Abstract excerpt
A significant number of individuals have unexplained difficulties with acquiring normal speech and language, despite adequate intelligence and environmental stimulation. Although developmental disorders of speech and language are heritable, the genetic basis is likely to involve several, possibly many, different risk factors. Investigations of a unique three-generation family showing monogenic inheritance of...
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