United Arab Emirates: Communities and community genetics

Community Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 186-196

  Al Gazali, L I ^a   Alwash, R ^b   Abdulrazzaq, Y M ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

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

Author keywords

Consanguinity; Genetic disorders; Genetic service; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHONDRODYSPLASIA; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DOWN SYNDROME; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; GENODERMATOSIS; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; JOUBERT SYNDROME; MALFORMATION SYNDROME; MECKEL SYNDROME; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEWBORN SCREENING; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TRISOMY 21; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ABNORMALITIES; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; ARABS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DEAFNESS; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; OSTEOCHONDRODYSPLASIAS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 23944476580     PISSN: 14222795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086764     Document Type: Article

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