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Synaptic dysfunction and intellectual disability.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology - 1 Jan 2012
Valnegri Pamela, Sala Carlo, Passafaro Maria
Abstract excerpt
Intellectual disability (ID) is a common and highly heterogeneous paediatric disorder with a very severe social impact. Intellectual disability can be caused by environmental and/or genetic factors. Although in the last two decades a number of genes have been discovered whose mutations cause mental retardation, we are still far from identifying the impact of these mutations on brain functions. Many of the genes...
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