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A Strategy to Identify de Novo Mutations in Common Disorders such as Autism and Schizophrenia
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De novo variant of SETD1A causes neurodevelopmental disorder with dysmorphic facies: A case report
Jia Zhang1,2, Qiuji Tao1,2, Zuozhen Yang3
1Department of Pediatrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
|October 30, 2021
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