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This study presents the most extensive epidemiological data on chronic forms of spinal muscular atrophy in childhood (CSMA) in West-Thüringen in Germany. The incidence of CSMA was calculated to be 1 in 9,420 live births. The prevalence was 1.624 in 100,000 of the general population (as of 31 December 1980).
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Thieme, A., Mitulla, B., Schulze, F. et al. Chronic childhood spinal muscular atrophy in Germany (West-Thüringen) — an epidemiological study. Hum Genet 93, 344–346 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00212036
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