Talk:Friedreich's ataxia

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[edit] Quebec study

Under Prevalence, I added a note regarding the tracing of several cases back to a pair of 1634 immigrants. I understood that this disease may be more prevalent in Quebec, however I am a layman and invite your comments. Perhaps this is more appropriate under Genetics to demonstrate the inherited nature of the disease:

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Due to the relatively heterogenous population of Quebec, a 1984 Canadian study was able to trace 40 cases of classical Friedreich's disease from 14 previously unrelated French-Canadian kindreds to one common ancestral couple arriving in New France in 1634: Jean Guyon and Mathurine Robin.

Canuckle 20:35, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

I believe you mean homogeneous population - the fact that a large proportion of the population in Quebec is descended from a relatively small colonial-era founder population.

BloodDoc 18:25, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] median age of death

this edit was the only edit by 59.94.98.13 and no source was cited. I'd suggest replacing the information provided by "59.94.98.13" with information from this source and the articles it cites. --JWSchmidt (talk) 20:47, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] External links

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I realize that some links are "helpful to patients," but they still do not comply with Wikipedia policy, and therefore must not be included in the article. WhatamIdoing (talk) 05:18, 17 January 2008 (UTC)