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. 2006 Jul;91(7):610-1.
doi: 10.1136/adc.2006.094268.

Survival probability in ataxia telangiectasia

T O Crawford  1 , R L Skolasky, R Fernandez, K J Rosquist, H M Lederman
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Survival probability in ataxia telangiectasia

T O Crawford et al. Arch Dis Child. 2006 Jul.

Abstract

Ataxia telangiectasia is a rare, multiorgan neurodegenerative disorder with enhanced vulnerability to cancer and infection. Median survival in two large cohorts of patients with this disease, one prospective and one retrospective, is 25 and 19 years, with a wide range. Life expectancy does not correlate well with severity of neurological impairment.

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