Families with 2 oligophrenic siblings

• Published in: Zhurnal nevropatologii i psikhiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova (Moscow, Russia : 1952) Vol. 81; no. 3; p. 383
• Main Author: Marincheva, G S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Russia (Federation) 1981
• Subjects: Abnormalities, Multiple - complications; Brain Diseases - complications; Cerebral Palsy - complications; Consanguinity; Female; Genes, Recessive; Humans; Intellectual Disability - complications; Intellectual Disability - genetics; Male; X Chromosome

Under observation there were 27 families with two mentally deranged sibs in each born by intellectually normal parents. In 2 of 24 families, the clinical picture of the derangement in the sibs was different, and in the rest of 22 identical. In 3 families, a sex-linked recessive oligophrenia with a n...