Consanguinity among the Arab and Jewish populations in Israel

Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2006, Pages 437-446

  Jaber, Lutfi ^a,b,c   Halpern, Gabrielle J ^d  

^a Bridge to Peace Community Pediatric Center   (Israel)

^b SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Congenital malformations; Consanguineous marriages; Genetic disorders; Israeli Arabs

Indexed keywords

ADULT DISEASE; ARAB; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONSANGUINITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; ISRAEL; JEW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRENATAL SCREENING; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH;

ADULT; ARABS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 33751015738     PISSN: 15654753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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