The Biology of Mongolism

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  • R. A. Bailey

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2218/resmedica.v3i3.395

Abstract

Based on a Dissertation read before the Royal Medical Society on Friday. 2nd March, 1962.

Mongolism is a neuro-endocrine disorder, based on a molecular disturbance, which is manifested by a chromosome abnormality. The mental defect is probably due not specifically to a gene or gene complexes on the chromosomes but to a generalised imbalance of the chromosome set as a result of aneuploidy.

There are three types of chromosome abnormality which have so far been described in mongols

1. Non-disjunction.

2. Translocation.

3. Mosaics.

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Bailey, R. A. (2013). The Biology of Mongolism. Res Medica, 3(3). https://doi.org/10.2218/resmedica.v3i3.395

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Vol. 3 No. 3 (1963): Spring 1963

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