The high frequency of juvenile Huntington's chorea in South Africa.
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During a national investigation concerning all patients with Huntington's chorea in South Africa, 17 affected children, comprising 7 7% of the patients in the survey, were identified. Although the frequency of juvenile Huntington's chorea in the white community was equal to that reported from around the world, the frequency was much higher in the population ofmixed ancestry. It is possible that this unique situation is related to the genetic constitution of this latter group.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of medical genetics
دوره 19 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1982