Paternal Contribution to Down's Syndrome Dispels Maternal Myths

Paternal Contribution to Down's Syndrome Dispels Maternal Myths [microform] / Kippy I. Abroms and Joan W. Bennett.

The paper refutes the long held belief that Down's syndrome is the result of maternal age and maternal etiology. The author cites new evidence which demonstrates that Trisomy-21 (the presence in the chromosome of an extra arcocentric chromosome resulting from non-disjunction), the major cause (...

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Main Author: Abroms, Kippy I.
Corporate Author: Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA
Other Authors: Bennett, J. W.
Format: Microfilm Book
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1978.
Subjects:
Congenital Impairments.
Down Syndrome.
Etiology.
Fathers.
Genetics.
Heredity.
Mental Retardation.
Mothers.
Parent Role.

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