✦ LIBER ✦
Sex chromatin and cytogenetic survey of 10417 adult males and 357 children institutionalized in Belgian institutions for mentally retarded patients
✍ Scribed by J. J. Cassiman; J. P. Fryns; J. Roover; H. Berghe
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1975
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 351 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6717
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✦ Synopsis
A survey of adult male immates of the major institutions for mental patients in Belgium was undertaken in 1965. Out of 10417 males examined 61 had positive sex chromatin (5.8%); 201 had bilateral small testis (1.9%), 4 hypogonad patients carried a D/D translocation. Out of 857 karyotyped children, 2.9% carried an autosomal or sex-chromosomal anomaly other than trisomy G. This prevalence of chromosomal anomalies in children with low I.Q. (less than 50) emphasizes the need for further studies.