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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 30.
Published in final edited form as: Gene. 2016 Aug 20;593(2):284–291. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2016.08.031

Table 5. Epidemiology of NCLs in the USA based on steady state occurrence (December 2015).

Number of living NCL patients currently registered with the Batten Disease Support and Research Association (BDSRA).

Patients in the US Average survival Patients born per year Minimum carrier frequency (1 per n individuals)
PPT1 20 10 2 1/707
TPP1 68 10 6.8 1/383
CLN3 115 25 4.6 1/466
CLN5 7 10 0.7 1/1195
CLN6 10 10 1 1/1000
MFSD8 4 10 0.4 1/1581
CLN8 1 10 0.1 1/3162