The role of consanguinity and inbreeding as a determinant of spontaneous abortion in Karachi, Pakistan

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-157

  Hussain, R ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONSANGUINITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INBREEDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAKISTAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INBREEDING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031717989     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003480098006794     Document Type: Article

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