The effect of consanguineous marriages on congenital malformation

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 298-301

  Kushki, Ali Mehrabi ^a   Zeygami, B ^b  

^a Department of Epidemiology   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Congenital malformations; Consaguinity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZATION; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 29244462489     PISSN: 17351995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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