Consanguinity and common adult diseases in Israeli Arab communities

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 346-348

  Jaber, L ^b,c   Shohat, T ^a   Rotter, J I ^d   Shohat, M ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Taibe Children's Medical Center   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchial asthma; Consanguinity; Diabetes mellitus; Duodenal ulcer; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DUODENUM ULCER; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARABS; ASTHMA; CONSANGUINITY; DATA COLLECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DUODENAL ULCER; FEMALE; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0030912346     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19970627)70:4<346::AID-AJMG2>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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