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A Clinical and Biochemical Survey of 729 Gases of Mental Subnormality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

B. S. Sridhara Rama Rao ,
H. S. Narayanan  and
G. N. Narayana Reddy
B. S. Sridhara Rama Rao
Affiliation:
All-India Institute of Mental Healthy Bangalore-27
H. S. Narayanan
Affiliation:
All-India Institute of Mental Healthy Bangalore-27
G. N. Narayana Reddy
Affiliation:
All India Institute of Mental Health, Bangalore-27
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It has been estimated (Zellweger, 1961) that less than 5 per cent of all cases of mental subnormality have a hereditary metabolic defect. This is a figure which requires confirmation, and is one that is likely to vary in different parts of the world. We have accordingly carried out a systematic clinical and biochemical screening of the cases of mental subnormality (IQ lower than 70) attending the out-patient department of the Mental Hospital, Bangalore. A total of 729 patients (439 males and 290 females) were available for this study.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 118 , Issue 546 , May 1971 , pp. 505 - 507
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1971 

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