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Psychological Studies of Ten Patients with the XYY Syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Anne-Lise Christensen  and
Johannes Nielsen
Anne-Lise Christensen
Affiliation:
Årkus State Hospital, Risskov, Denmark
Johannes Nielsen
Affiliation:
Årkus State Hospital, Risskov, Denmark
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The present study is the psychological part of a comprehensive study of male patients with the XYY syndrome from the Cytogenetic Laboratory, Risskov (Nielsen, 1968, 1969, 1971; Nielsen et al., 1969a, b; and Nielsen and Henriksen, 1972).

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 123 , Issue 573 , August 1973 , pp. 219 - 221
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1973

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