Mongolism in One of Twins
- 1 July 1953
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in Journal of Mental Science
- Vol. 99 (416) , 557-559
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.99.416.557
Abstract
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).Keywords
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