Autosomal recessive disease in children of consanguineous parents: Inferences from the proportion of compound heterozygotes

Journal of Community Genetics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-40

  Ten Kate, Leo P ^a   Teeuw, Marieke ^a   Henneman, Lidewij ^a   Cornel, Martina C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allele frequency; Compound heterozygosity; Consanguinity; Estimation; Identity by descent; Identity by state

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INBREEDING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79952359958     PISSN: 1868310X     EISSN: 18686001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12687-010-0002-4     Document Type: Article

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