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Chromosomes in Senile Dementia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Johannes Nielsen
Affiliation:
Århus State Hospital, Risskov, Denmark

Extract

The present work is a study of the distribution of chromosomes in female patients with senile dementia and in two control populations, one the same age group and one below the age of 40.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1968 

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