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Am J Hum Genet. 1999 July; 65(1): 1–6.
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Genetics of Angelman syndrome.
Y Jiang, E Lev-Lehman, J Bressler, T F Tsai, and A L Beaudet
Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
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