Walsh & Hoyt: Epidemiology

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Identifier wh_ch38_p1862_1
Title Walsh & Hoyt: Epidemiology
Creator John Kerrison, MD
Affiliation Retina Consultants of Charleston
Subject Neurocutaneous Syndromes; Phacomatoses; Von Hippel-Lindau Disease; Epidemiology
Description The prevalence of VHLD is estimated at 1.89 in 100,000 in East Anglia, England, 1 in 45,000 in northwest England, and 2.56 in 100,000 in Freiburg, Germany. Clustering of the disease undoubtedly occurs among different populations. The birth incidence of VHLD is 1 in 36,000 live births with an estimated mutation rate of 1 in 230,00 per gene per generation.
Date 2005
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 6th Edition
Relation is Part of Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E SLC, UT 84112-5890
Rights Management Copyright 2005. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6sn3jdb
Setname ehsl_novel_whts
ID 185784
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sn3jdb
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