Association of parental consanguinity with congenital malformations among Arab newborns in Jerusalem

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-66

  Bromiker, Ruben ^a,c   Glam Baruch, M ^a   Gofin, R ^b   Hammerman, C ^c   Amitai, Y ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Congenital malformations; Consanguinity; Inbreeding; Occurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARAB; ARTHROGRYPOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHOANA ATRESIA; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CLUBFOOT; COMMUNITY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HAND MALFORMATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; KIDNEY AGENESIS; KIDNEY HYPOPLASIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NURSERY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RELATIVE; RURAL POPULATION; SIBLING; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE DEFICIENCY; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; URBAN POPULATION;

ABNORMALITIES; ADULT; ARABS; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL;

EID: 3242691683     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0009-9163.2004.00264.x     Document Type: Article

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