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Mongolism in One of Twins

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

R. C. MacGillivray
Affiliation:
Little Plumstead Hall, Norfolk

Extract

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
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1953 

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