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Psychoinfantilism and Chromosome Abnormalities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Johannes Nielsen  and
Niels Thomsen
Johannes Nielsen
Affiliation:
The Cytogenetic Laboratory, Arhus State Hospital, Risskov, Denmark
Niels Thomsen
Affiliation:
The Cytogenetic Laboratory, Arhus State Hospital, Risskov, Denmark
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The following study has been made on the background of the finding by Kramp and Nielsen (1968) of enlarged short arms of a chromosome in the 21-22 group in four out of five psychoinfantile members of a family with a case of Down's syndrome.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 120 , Issue 558 , May 1972 , pp. 551 - 552
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1972 

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References

Kramp, J., and Nielsen, J. (1968). ‘Enlarged short arms of a small acrocentric chromosome in relatives of a boy with Down's syndrome.’ Dan. med. Bull., 16, 16–20.Google Scholar
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Nielsen, J. (1970). ‘Turner's syndrome in medical, neurological and psychiatric wards.’ Acta psychiat. Scand., 46, 286–310.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
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