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“Eugenics” By Another Name?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Michael I. Shevell*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology/Neurosurgery, Pediatrics-McGill University, Division of Pediatric, Neurology-Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2007

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