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. 1982 Apr;19(2):94–97. doi: 10.1136/jmg.19.2.94

The high frequency of juvenile Huntington's chorea in South Africa

M R Hayden *, J M Macgregor †, D S Saffer ‡, P H Beighton *
PMCID: PMC1048835  PMID: 6210776

Abstract

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 of mixed ancestry. It is possible that this unique situation is related to the genetic constitution of this latter group.

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