The frequency of consanguineous marriages and their effects on offsprings in Tabriz City

Shiraz E Medical Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-27

  Rahmani, S A ^a   Aboualsoltani, F ^a   Pourbarghi, M ^a   Dolatkhah, H ^a   Mirza Aghazade, A ^b  

^a Taleghani Hospital   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Congenital malformation; Consanguineous marriage; Genetic disease; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLEFT LIP; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; DELIVERY; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROGENY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TRISOMY 21; WORK;

EID: 77952969760     PISSN: 17351391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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