PEDIATRICS Vol. 21 No. 6 June 1958, pp. 958-962
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INCIDENCE OF STIGMATA OF MONGOLISM IN CHILDREN WITH ACUTE LEUKEMIA

Wataru W. Sutow M.D.1

1 Pediatric Section, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor institute

The present study failed to demonstrate increased frequencies in occurrence of certain stigmata of mongolism in 59 children with acute leukemia. The stigmata investigated were brachycephaly, dermatoglyphic patterns, hypoplasia of middle fifth phalanx and congenital cardiac anomalies.

Submitted on October 16, 1957
Accepted on January 8, 1958