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The Mongol: A New Explanation

Second communication

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

R. M. Clark*
Affiliation:
Whittingham Mental Hospital

Extract

Further consideration of the theory that mongolism is caused by a fcetal hyperthyroidism ceasing at birth shows that much can be added to support this view.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1928 

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