A. Thieme et al., CHRONIC CHILDHOOD SPINAL MUSCULAR-ATROPHY IN GERMANY (WEST-THURINGEN)- AN EPIDEMIOLOGIC-STUDY, Human genetics, 93(3), 1994, pp. 344-346
This study presents the most extensive epidemiological data on chronic
forms of spinal muscular atrophy in childhood (CSMA) in West-Thuringe
n in Germany. The incidence of CSMA was calculated to be 1 in 9,420 li
ve births. The prevalence was 1.624 in 100,000 of the general populati
on (as of 31 December 1980).