The most encountered groups of genetic disorders in Giza Governorate, Egypt

Bratislava Medical Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 62-69

  Afifi, H H ^a   El Ruby, M O ^a   El Bassyouni, H T ^a   Ismail, S I ^a   Aglan, M S ^a   El Harouni, A A ^a   Mazen, I M ^a   Zaki, M S ^a   Bassiouni, R I ^a   Hosny, L A ^a   El Kamah, G Y ^a   El Kotoury, A I ^a   Ashour, A M ^a   Abdul Salam, G M ^a   El Gammal, M A ^a   Hamed, K ^a   Kamal, R M ^b   El Nekhely, I ^c   Temtamy, S A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Classification; Consanguinity; Egyptians; Frequency; Genetic disorders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONSANGUINITY; EGYPT; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE;

CHILD; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; CONSANGUINITY; EGYPT; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77952902137     PISSN: 00069248     EISSN: 13360345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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