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Incidence of familial dysautonomia in Israel 1977–1981
Author(s) -
Maayan Ch.,
Kaplan E.,
Shachar Sh.,
Peleg O.,
Godfrey S.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
clinical genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.543
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1399-0004
pISSN - 0009-9163
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1987.tb03334.x
Subject(s) - familial dysautonomia , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , medicine , demography , dysautonomia , disease , physics , sociology , optics
The incidence of all diagnosed cases of familial dysautonomia in Israel among Ashkenazi Jews from 1977–1981 was 27/100,000 or 1/3703. This incidence is higher than that previously reported in Israel in 1967 of 8.3/100,000 (1/12,048) (Moses et al. 1967). It is also higher than that of North American Ashkenazi Jews in 1970, when the rate was 5–10/100,000 (1/ 10,000–20,000) (Brunt & McKusick 1970). This higher incidence could be explained by current awareness of the diagnosis, or by the emergence of more cases.