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Studies on Albinism in the South African Negro I. Intellectual Maturity and Body Image Differentiation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Noel C. Manganyi ,
Jennifer G. R. Kromberg  and
Trefor Jenkins
Noel C. Manganyi
Affiliation:
Unit of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Baragwanath Hospital and the University of the Witwatersrand, and Human Sero-Genetics Unit, Scholld of Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand and The South African Institute for Medical Research, Johannesburg
Jennifer G. R. Kromberg
Affiliation:
Unit of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Baragwanath Hospital and the University of the Witwatersrand, and Human Sero-Genetics Unit, Scholld of Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand and The South African Institute for Medical Research, Johannesburg
Trefor Jenkins
Affiliation:
Unit of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Baragwanath Hospital and the University of the Witwatersrand, and Human Sero-Genetics Unit, Scholld of Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand and The South African Institute for Medical Research, Johannesburg
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Summary

Twenty-eight South African Negro albinos have been tested for intellectual maturity and body image boundary, characteristics and a comparison made with carefully matched normally pigmented controls. The albinos were found to be more intellectually mature than the controls but the control group showed slightly more diffuse body image boundary differentiation than the albino group.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , January 1974 , pp. 107 - 112
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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