[Fragile X syndrome and very early onset schizophrenia: a female case study]

V Vantalon1, V Briard-Luginbuhl, M C Mouren

  • 1Service de psychopathologie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent, hôpital Robert-Debré, assistance publique-hôpitaux de Paris, 48 boulevard Sérurier, 75019 Paris, France. valerie.vantalon@rdb.ap-hop-paris.fr

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