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A STUDY has recently been made of a random sample of 370 certified mentally defective persons living in East Anglia. Among other data, the ABO and the Rhesus blood-groups of each patient and of his or her mother were determined.
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PANTIN, A. Blood-Groups of Mental Defectives and their Maternal Parents. Nature 167, 76 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/167076a0
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