Prevalence of Huntington's disease among UK immigrants from the Indian subcontinent

Using the records of Churchill Hospital, Oxford, and those of genetics centres and other national institutions, the minimum prevalence of HD among immigrants from the Indian subcontinent was found to be almost half that found in the indigenous UK population. However, this observed prevalence was pro...

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Published in:British journal of psychiatry 1990-10, Vol.157 (4), p.598-599
Main Authors: Shiwach, RS, Lindenbaum, RH
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Cross-Sectional Studies
Emigration and Immigration
England - epidemiology
Humans
Huntington Disease - epidemiology
Huntington's disease
Huntingtons disease
Immigrants
India - ethnology
Intellectual deficiency
Medical sciences
Pakistan - ethnology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Risk Factors
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Summary:Using the records of Churchill Hospital, Oxford, and those of genetics centres and other national institutions, the minimum prevalence of HD among immigrants from the Indian subcontinent was found to be almost half that found in the indigenous UK population. However, this observed prevalence was probably depressed, and therefore may not differ greatly from that estimated for European populations. All the identified cases were immigrants from Pakistan, the Punjab and Gujerat; none were from Bangladesh.
ISSN:0007-1250
1472-1465
DOI:10.1192/bjp.157.4.598