Parental consanguinity increases congenital heart diseases in South India

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 519-528

  Ramegowda, Smitha ^a   Ramachandra, Nallur B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

Consanguinity; Odds; Recessive genes; Segregation; Uncle niece marriage

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GENE; HEALTH RISK; MARRIAGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; NEWBORN; PARENT; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PEDIGREE; RISK;

ADULT; CONSANGUINITY; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS, PATENT; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARENTS; PEDIGREE; RISK;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KARNATAKA; MYSORE [KARNATAKA]; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33847725174     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460600909349     Document Type: Article

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