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International Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 420297, 14 pages
doi:10.1155/2011/420297
Developmental and Cognitive Characteristics of “High-Level Potentialities” (Highly Gifted) Children
1University of Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, and Inserm UMR-S0669 University Paris-Sud-Paris Descartes, 12 Rue de l’École de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France
2Department of Obstetric and Gynecology, AP-HP Port Royal-Cochin Hospital, 123 Boulevard de Port-Royal, 75014 Paris, France
3Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Inserm Unit 669, 149 Rue de Sèvres, 78743 Paris Cedex 15, France
Received 16 July 2011; Accepted 4 August 2011
Academic Editor: Alan Richard Spitzer
Copyright © 2011 Laurence Vaivre-Douret. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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