Pattern of congenital malformations in consanguineous versus nonconsanguineous marriages in Kashan, Islamic Republic of Iran

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 868-875

  Mosayebi, Z ^a   Movahedian, A H ^a  

^a KASHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MALFORMATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM MALFORMATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PARENT COUNSELING; PREVALENCE; PROGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; BIRTH RATE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; CONSANGUINITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 34848886811     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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