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. 1991 Nov;28(11):729–733. doi: 10.1136/jmg.28.11.729

A newly defined X linked mental retardation syndrome associated with alpha thalassaemia.

R J Gibbons 1, A O Wilkie 1, D J Weatherall 1, D R Higgs 1
PMCID: PMC1017105  PMID: 1770527

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