Genetic counseling in southern Iran: Consanguinity and reason for referral

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 472-479

  Fathzadeh, Mohsen ^a,b   Babaie Bigi, Mohammad Ali ^b   Bazrgar, Masood ^a   Yavarian, Majid ^c   Tabatabaee, Hamid Reza ^d   Akrami, Seyed Mohammad ^e  

^a AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Consanguinity; Population based genetic counseling; Premarital counseling; Reason for referral; Southern Iran

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONSANGUINITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EDUCATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 53949094126     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10897-008-9163-2     Document Type: Article

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