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Chronic childhood spinal muscular atrophy in Germany (West-Thüringen)--an epidemiological study
A Thieme1, B Mitulla, F Schulze
1Abteilung Medizinische Genetik, Medizinische Hochschule Erfurt, Germany.
Human Genetics
|March 1, 1994
Abstract:
This study presents the most extensive epidemiological data on chronic forms of spinal muscular atrophy in childhood (CSMA) in West-Thüringen in Germany. The incidence of CSMA was calculated to be 1 in 9,420 live births. The prevalence was 1.624 in 100,000 of the general population (as of 31 December 1980).