Consanguinity and major genetic disorders in Saudi children: A community-based cross-sectional study

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 169-173

  El Mouzan, Mohammad I ^a   Al Salloum, Abdullah A ^a   Al Herbish, Abdullah S ^a   Qurachi, Mansour M ^b   Al Omar, Ahmad A ^c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Al Tammama Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Riyadh Medical Complex   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONSANGUINITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREND STUDY;

EID: 50649106401     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 13199226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2008.169     Document Type: Article

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