title: [Ataxia-telangiectasia surveyed in Sweden].
abstract: Ataxia-telangiectasia (AT) is a rare autosomal recessive disease with a complex phenotype involving cerebellar degeneration, immunodeficiency, cancer risk and radiosensitivity. Our aim has been to identify Swedish AT patients in order to study the possible "Swedish phenotype" of the disease. In the 19 patients identified in Sweden we found a phenotype fairly similar to what has been described internationally, with the exception of some differences including lower cancer incidence in patients and their relatives and somewhat more pronounced immunodeficiency and concomitant susceptibility to infections.
authors.affiliation: Klinisk immunologi, Huddinge Universitetssjukhus, Stockholm.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lähdesmäki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Arinbjarnarson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arvidsson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: el Segaier
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fasth
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fernell
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gustafsson
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Oxelius
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Risberg
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yuen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zetterlund
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: von Zweigbergk
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ahsgren
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hammarström
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001260:Ataxia Telangiectasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002880:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009154:Mutation; D010641:Phenotype; D012307:Risk Factors; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology