Consanguineous marriages in Morocco and the consequence for the incidence of autosomal recessive disorders

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 575-581

  Jaouad, I Cherkaoui ^a   Elalaoui, S Chafa ^a   Sbiti, A ^a   Elkerh, F ^a   Belmahi, L ^a   Sefiani, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KARYOTYPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOROCCO; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TRISOMY 21; CLEFT PALATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DEAFNESS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; RECESSIVE GENE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

CLEFT PALATE; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; CONSANGUINITY; DEAFNESS; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOROCCO; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 70349242006     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932009003393     Document Type: Article

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