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Neuropsychiatric Disorders in Sex Chromatin Negative Women

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Gunnel Mellbin*
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Department, St. Jörgen's Hospital, University of Göteborg, Sweden

Extract

Chromosomal abnormalities involving the autosomes are nearly always associated with serious defects in intelligence. This is true of the first disease recognized to result from a chromosomal aberration, Down's syndrome (Lejeune, Gautier and Turpin, 1959), and a series of other disorders, including the “cri du chat” syndrome, also first described by Lejeune and his co-workers (1963).

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1966 

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