Survival probability in ataxia telangiectasia.
Ataxia telangiectasia is a rare, multiorgan neurodegenerative disorder with enhanced vulnerability to cancer and infection. Median survival in two large cohorts of patients with this disease, one prospective and one retrospective, is 25 and 19 years, with a wide range. Life expectancy does not correlate well with severity of neurological impairment.
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Department of Neurology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA. tcrawfo@jhmi.edu
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Fernandez
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Rosquist
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001260:Ataxia Telangiectasia / Q000401:mortality*; D015142:Baltimore / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D006801:Humans