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Yan, J., Oliveira, G., Coutinho, A. et al. Analysis of the neuroligin 3 and 4 genes in autism and other neuropsychiatric patients. Mol Psychiatry 10, 329–332 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.mp.4001629
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