EXCLUSION OF PATERNITY
Authors: J W KING
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1960)

Editorial1 August 1960EXCLUSION OF PATERNITYJOHN W. KING, M.D.JOHN W. KING, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-53-2-412 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe National Office of Vital Statistics1 estimated that there were more than 200,000 illegitimate births in the United States in 1957. A comparison of this figure with estimates for previous years demonstrates that the illegitimacy rate has more than doubled in the last 15 years. The problem is a serious one, and if the trend continues the problem will become much more serious. Of the 200,000 illegitimate births more than 50% were to mothers 17 years old or younger.In an attempt to rectify some of the inequities created by the birth of children out of wedlock, it is necessary...1 Vital Statistics of the United States, 1957, Vol. 1, U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, National Office of Vital Statistics, 1959, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., p. 84. Google Scholar2 Use of paternity tests in criminal proceedings for nonsupport, J. A. M. A. 165: 2204, 1957. MedlineGoogle Scholar3 Schatkin SB: Disputed paternity proceedings, 3d Ed., 1953, Matthew Bender & Company, Inc., Albany, N. Y. Google Scholar4 Schatkin SB, as told to Smith, R. L.: The scandal of our paternity courts, Reader's Digest 76: 71-76 (May) 1960. Google Scholar5 WienerOwenStormontWexler ASRDCIB: Medicolegal applications of blood-grouping tests, J. A. M. A. 161: 233-239, 1956. MedlineGoogle Scholar5a WienerOwenStormontWexler ASRDCB: Medicolegal applications of blood-grouping tests, J. A. M. A. 164: 2036-2044, 1957. MedlineGoogle Scholar6 SussmanSchatkin LNSB: Blood-grouping tests in undisputed paternity proceedings, J. A. M. A. 164: 249-250, 1957. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7 WienerWexler ASIB: Heredity of the blood groups, 1958, Grune and Stratton, New York. Google Scholar8 RaceSanger RRR: Blood groups in man, 3d Ed., 1959, Charles C Thomas, Publisher, Springfield, Ill., p. 122. Google Scholar9 Nijenhuis LE: Probability of paternity in cases where exclusion by blood group test is not possible, Proceedings of the First International Congress on Human Genetics, Part 3, pp. 607-611, 1957. Google Scholar10 Landsteiner K: Zur Kenntnis der antifermentativen, lytischen und agglutinierenden Wirkungen des Blusterums und der Lymphe, Centralbl. f. Bakt. 27: 357-362, 1900. Google Scholar11 Bernstein F: Ergebnisse einer biostatistischen zusammenfassenden Betrachtung über die erblichen Blutstrukturen des Menschen, Klin. Wchnschr. 3: 1495-1497, 1924. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12 RaceSanger RRR: The inheritance of blood groups, Brit. M. Bull. 15: 99-109, 1959. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar13 LandsteinerLevine KP: A new agglutinable factor differentiating individual human bloods, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med. 24: 600-602, 1927. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14 LandsteinerWiener KAS: An agglutinable factor in human blood recognized by immune sera for rhesus blood, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med. 43: 223, 1940. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15 WienerUngerSacks ASLJMS: Rh-Hr blood types—present status, J. A. M. A. 172: 1158-1162, 1960. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar16 Fisher and Race, cited by Race and Sanger.12 Google Scholar17 Sussman LN: Pitfalls of paternity blood grouping tests, Am. J. Clin. Path. 33: 406-415, 1960. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar18 Marsters RW: Determination of nonpaternity by blood groups; a series of two hundred cases, J. Forensic Sc. 2: 15-37, 1957. Google Scholar19 Boyd WC: Chances of disproof of false claims of parent-child relationship, Am. J. Human Genet. 9: 191-194, 1957. MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *From the Department of Clinical Pathology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation and The Frank E. Bunts Educational Institute, Cleveland, Ohio. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 August 1960Volume 53, Issue 2Page: 412-419KeywordsBirthChildrenClinical pathology ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1960 PDF downloadLoading ...