I am a high school freshman in Biology, and I was assigned a project of making a blog about Coffin Lowry Syndrome. I hope you find this both informative and helpful.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
How Prevalent is CLS in the population?
In the United States, about 1 per 14,285 people, or 19,040 individuals are affected by CLS. This is about 0.01% of Americans who have CLS. The National Institute of Health Office of Rare Diseases Research defines a rare disease as affecting less than 20,000 people in the United States. Coffin-Lowry Syndrome fits that description and is on their list of rare diseases which can be found here.
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Thank you, I have found this information very helpful as I am also doing a project on CLS
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