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Chromosome Examination of Male Patients in a Psychiatric Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Johannes Nielsen*
Affiliation:
The Cytogenetic Laboratory, århus State Hospital, Risskov, Denmark

Extract

The present study has been made with the purpose of studying the frequency of chromosome aberrations in a male psychiatric hospital population, especially in order to look for possible associations between minor chromosome aberrations such as variations in short arms or satellites in D or G chromosomes as well as in Y length on the one hand and mental illness and criminality on the other.

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1975 

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