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Mongolism in One of Twins

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

J. V. Morris  and
R. C. MacGillivray
R. C. MacGillivray
Affiliation:
Little Plumstead Hall, Norfolk
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It has been suggested that mongolism results from damage to the germ plasm from gametic mutation or the fertilization of an abnormal ovum, the theory being mainly based on the study of twins, one or both of whom has been found to be mongoloid (Benda, 1947).

Type
Part I.—Original Articles
Information
Journal of Mental Science , Volume 99 , Issue 416 , July 1953 , pp. 557 - 559
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1953 

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