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Search for 47,XYY among emotionally disturbed boys

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Cytogenetic examinations of 55 “tall”, emotionally disturbed, culturally disadvantaged boys failed to reveal any chromosome anomalies.

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  1. David R. Owen

    Present address: Department of Psychology, Brooklyn College of the CUNY, Brooklyn, New York

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  1. New York Medical College, New York, New York

    Kiyoshi Oikawa

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This research was supported in part by HEW grant 7 R01 MH23975-01.

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Owen, D.R., Baker, E.A. & Oikawa, K. Search for 47,XYY among emotionally disturbed boys. Behav Genet 4, 411–413 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01066161

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