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Hereditary neurodegenerative disorders in Nigerian Africans

From the Neurology Unit, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.

Of 2.1 million patients seen in 25 years at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria, only 25 suffered from heredodegenerative disorders of the nervous system. Six patients had hereditary ataxia, 10 essential tremor, 4 Huntington's chorea, 2 ataxia telangiectasia, and 3 Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Osuntokun, University of Ibadan, College of Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, Ibadan, Nigeria, West Africa.

Accepted for publication May 2, 1983.

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