Hereditary neurodegenerative disorders in Nigerian Africans.
Of 2.1 million patients seen in 25 years at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria, only 25 suffered from heredodegenerative disorders of the nervous system. Six patients had hereditary ataxia, 10 essential tremor, 4 Huntington's chorea, 2 ataxia telangiectasia, and 3 Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001259:Ataxia / Q000453:epidemiology; D001260:Ataxia Telangiectasia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002607:Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D030342:Genetic Diseases, Inborn / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D006816:Huntington Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009549:Nigeria; D014202:Tremor / Q000453:epidemiology