Correspondence with Jérome Lejeune
- Date:
- Feb 1962 - Mar 1962
- Reference:
- PENROSE/2/20/10/11
- Part of:
- L. S. Penrose Papers
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Correspondence between Jérome Lejeune and Penrose, consisting of 3 letters, regarding a case of Down's syndrome reported by Ilbery et al. in the Medical Journal of Australia, July 1961, in which Penrose doubted the diagnosis and requested information on palm prints which were first sent to Lejeune. Lejeune encloses his dermatoglyphic analysis and a scheme for chromosome 21.
Publication/Creation
Feb 1962 - Mar 1962
Physical description
5 folios
Related material
PENROSE/2/20/10/16
Terms of use
The papers are available at UCL Special Collections and Archives subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Location of duplicates
A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.
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Location of original
The original material is held at UCL Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.