Consanguinity and its relevance to clinical genetics

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 89-98

  Bittles, A H ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical genetics; Consanguinity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CLINICAL GENETICS; COMMUNITY; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHICS; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHILOSOPHY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RECESSIVE GENE; RELATIVE; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIETY; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0034866964     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.2001.600201.x     Document Type: Review

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