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Tay-Sachs disease in persons of French-Canadian heritage in northern New England

Item

Title

Tay-Sachs disease in persons of French-Canadian heritage in northern New England

Creator

Palomaki, G.E.;Williams, J.;Haddow, J.E.;Natowicz, M.R.

Description

From Palomaki et al: "This study sought to determine whether persons of French-Canadian heritage in northern New England are at high risk for the lethal infantile form of Tay-Sachs disease. In order to accomplish this, death records and laboratory diagnostic records were surveyed to ascertain Tay-Sachs deaths in a cohort of 372,000 live births between 1977-1986..."

Date

1995-05-08 00:00:00

Language

en

Type

Journal Article

Identifier

Coverage

1977-1986, Northern New England

Publication Title

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volume

56

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