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| Title |
The frequency of Tay-Sachs disease causing mutations in the Brazilian Jewish population justifies a carrier screening program
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Sao Paulo Medical Journal, July 2001
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| DOI | 10.1590/s1516-31802001000400007 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Roberto Rozenberg, Lygia da Veiga Pereira |
| Abstract |
Tay-Sachs disease is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by progressive neurologic degeneration, fatal in early childhood. In the Ashkenazi Jewish population the disease incidence is about 1 in every 3,500 newborns and the carrier frequency is 1 in every 29 individuals. Carrier screening programs for Tay-Sachs disease have reduced disease incidence by 90% in high-risk populations in several countries. The Brazilian Jewish population is estimated at 90,000 individuals. Currently, there is no screening program for Tay-Sachs disease in this population. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 42 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 42 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 36% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 14% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 7% |
| Researcher | 3 | 7% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 7% |
| Other | 3 | 7% |
| Unknown | 9 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 12 | 29% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 24% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 10% |
| Neuroscience | 2 | 5% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 3 | 7% |
| Unknown | 10 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 November 2022.
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