HUNTINGTON DISEASE IN COUNTY DONEGAL - EPIDEMIOLOGIC TRENDS OVER 4 DECADES

Authors
MORRISON PJ NEVIN NC
Citation
Pj. Morrison et Nc. Nevin, HUNTINGTON DISEASE IN COUNTY DONEGAL - EPIDEMIOLOGIC TRENDS OVER 4 DECADES, Ulster medical journal, 62(2), 1993, pp. 141-144
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Ulster medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00416193
Volume
62
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
141 - 144
Database
ISI
SICI code
0041-6193(1993)62:2<141:HDICD->2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
The prevalence rate of Huntington disease in County Donegal between 19 61 and 1991 showed a decrease from 4.4 to 1.6 per 100,000 population. Emigration and reduction in family size probably account for the progr essive decline in prevalence. Over the same time period in the rest of Europe, prevalence has declined only gradually, or has remained stati c.