[The epidemiological aspects of a study of hereditary nervous system diseases in Amur Province].
The prevalence of neurogenetic diseases per 100,000 was studied in Amur Province [correction of Territory]. Charcot-Marie's neural amyotrophy held the lead, Huntington's chorea ranked next. Among the multinational population, the diseases were detected among the Russians, but they were absent in the Evenki. Out of 225 cases, 138 males were afflicted. The most unfavourable factors that predisposed to the disease proved to be infectious processes, toil, and stresses. Epidemiological studies of neurogenetic diseases provide highly valuable information on the migration of abnormal genes and promote to the timely organization of therapeutical and preventive measures.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000235:genetics; D015995:Prevalence; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012800:Siberia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
Epidemiologicheskie aspekty izucheniia nasledstvennykh zabolevaniĭ nervnoĭ sistemy v Amurskoĭ oblasti.