Pattern of central nervous system anomalies in a population with a high rate of consanguineous marriages

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 95-102

  Al Gazali, Ll ^a   Sztriha, L ^a   Dawodu, A ^a   Bakir, M ^b   Varghese, M ^c   Varady, E ^d   Scorer, J ^d   Abdulrazzaq, Y M ^a   Bener, A ^a   Padmanabhan, R ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Ministry of Health United Arab Emirates   (United Arab Emirates)

^c Oasis Hospital   (United Arab Emirates)

^d TAWAM HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

CNS anomalies; High consanguinity; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MARRIAGE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; PEDIGREE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME;

EID: 0033060182     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.1999.550205.x     Document Type: Article

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