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Comment
. 2021 Dec;63(12):1369.
doi: 10.1111/dmcn.14951. Epub 2021 Jun 10.

All cases of cerebral palsy warrant genomic screening

Alastair H Maclennan  1
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All cases of cerebral palsy warrant genomic screening

Alastair H Maclennan. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2021 Dec.
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  • Genetic testing in individuals with cerebral palsy.
    May HJ, Fasheun JA, Bain JM, Baugh EH, Bier LE, Revah-Politi A; New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center Genomics Team; Roye DP Jr, Goldstein DB, Carmel JB. May HJ, et al. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2021 Dec;63(12):1448-1455. doi: 10.1111/dmcn.14948. Epub 2021 Jun 10. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2021. PMID: 34114234 Free PMC article.

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