Another typical walk for Gracie through Jersey City. Starting in the park and making our way through the Paulus Hook area, where the trees are in full Autumn colors. Off past the courthouse to the Grove Street PATH Station (today there is a farmer’s market) and the historic downtown area, with lots of small shops,…
The following table shows the prevalence for FSHD and two better-recognized neuromuscular disorders, Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy (DMD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, Lou Gehrig’s disease). Also shown is the research funding in 2013 for the three diseases from the two primarily funding sources, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). Finally, it…
Based on the most recent estimate of the prevalence of FSHD, 12 per 100000 in the general population, one would predict the following number of symptomatic individuals with FSHD in the following cities: New York (1009), Los Angeles (466), Chicago (326), Houston (264), Philadelphia (186), San Diego (163), Dallas (151), Austin (106), Detroit (83), Seattle…
