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Twins with Mental Retardation and Physical Abnormalities Preliminary report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

J. Jancar
J. Jancar*
Affiliation:
Stoke Park Hospital Group, Bristol
*
Stoke Park Hospital, Stapleton, Bristol, Great Britain

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In this preliminary report, which is part of a wider and more detailed study still in progress, I am reporting mainly the twins' mental state and associated physical abnormalities. For this purpose, I am surveying all the 2442 long-stay patients admitted during 30 years (1 September 1938-31 August 1968) to the Stoke Park Hospital Group, Bristol, which provides 1800 beds for mentally retarded patients of both sexes and of all ages. The survey's sample is shown in Tab. I.

Type
Session 17 - Twin Studies in Psychiatry and Neuropathology
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 19 , Issue 1-2 , April 1970 , pp. 311 - 314
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1970

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