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Names: Latson, Jennifer, author.
Title: The boy who loved too much : a true story of pathological friendliness / Jennifer Latson.
Description: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016043207 | ISBN 9781476774046 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781476774053 (pbk.)
Subjects: LCSH: Williams syndrome—Patients—Case studies. | Friendship in children—Case studies. | Social interaction in children—Case studies.
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