Down's (1866) essay and its sociomedical context

Mental Retardation

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 322-329

  Jordan, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

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ARTICLE; DOWN SYNDROME; HISTORY; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

DOWN SYNDROME; ENGLAND; EPONYMS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 0034241532     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(2000)038<0322:DEAISC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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