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Death Rates of People Who Carry the Gene for Ataxia-Telangiectasia
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What is the problem and what is known about it so far?
Ataxia-telangiectasia is an inherited disease. People with this disease begin having problems with balance and walking during early childhood. Later, they develop skin abnormalities, frequent respiratory infections, and high rates of cancer (especially leukemia and lymphoma). To have …
