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Objections have recently been raised to the continued use of the term “mongolism” to describe a specific congenital abnormality (Allen et al., 1961) and “Down's syndrome” has been substituted for it in this paper.
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Holland, W., Doll, R. & Carter, C. The Mortality from Leukaemia and Other Cancers Among Patients with Down's Syndrome (Mongols) and Among their Parents. Br J Cancer 16, 177–186 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1962.20
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