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Table 3 Frequencies of MJD in SCA patients from various countries

From: High frequency of Machado-Joseph disease identified in Southeastern Chinese kindreds with spinocerebellar ataxia

Countries

Number of MJD

Number of SCA

Frequency (%)

Reference

Portugal

32

38

84.2

16

Brazil

96

114

84.2

17

Present study

100

138

72.5

 

Portugal/Brazil

67

106

63.2

44

Germany

32

77

41.6

45

France

25

87

28.7

46

Holland

64

227

28.2

47

America*

31

149

20.8

48

Spain

11

72

15.3

49

Australia

11

88

12.5

13

Mexico

13

108

12.0

50

South Africa

2

54

3.7

51

Italy

2

183

1.1

52

UK

0

22

0

53

Serbia

0

38

0

54

Finland

0

49

0

55

Norway

0

19

0

56

Czech

0

118#

0

11

Combined

486

1687

28.8

 
  1. *The patient subjects mixed with African American, Caucasian American, Cambodian, Japanese, Pakistani, Lebanese and Peruvian; # composed of patients with dominant SCA and sporadic ataxia
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