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Sex Chromatin Abnormalities in Female Subnormal Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

M. A. C. Ridler ,
A. Shapiro  and
W. R. McKibben
M. A. C. Ridler
Affiliation:
Harperbury Hospital, St. Albans, Herts
A. Shapiro
Affiliation:
Harperbury Hospital, St. Albans, Herts
W. R. McKibben
Affiliation:
Harperbury Hospital, St. Albans, Herts
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This survey is the concluding part of an investigation of the distribution of abnormalities of the sex chromatin body in the whole of the patient population of Harperbury Hospital. The results of the survey of the male patients of the hospital have already been reported (Shapiro and Ridler, 1960).

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 109 , Issue 460 , May 1963 , pp. 390 - 394
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1963

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