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The Proportional Frequency of General Paralysis of the Insane and Locomotor Ataxia in Different Social Classes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Peter L. McKinlay
Peter L. McKinlay
Affiliation:
National Institute for Medical Research, Hampstead.
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In both of these diseases, locomotor ataxia and general paralysis of the insane, the necessary antecedent is now generally recognised as syphilitic infection. Whether these two types of nervous degeneration occur at random in those so predisposed to their development, or whether some underlying factors at present unknown or only suspected operate selectively is a problem of some importance.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , January 1928 , pp. 174 - 182
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1928

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