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: Walsh and Hoyt Textbook Selections Collection: https://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
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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