Strategies for the prevention of hereditary diseases in a highly consanguineous population

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 174-179

  Meyer, B F ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Consanguinity; Hereditary; Prevention; Recessive

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH MONITORING; POPULATION GENETICS;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSANGUINITY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; PREGNANCY; SAUDI ARABIA;

CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; SAUDI ARABIA;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA; WORLD;

EID: 22344448904     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460500075217     Document Type: Conference Paper

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