Risks to offspring of consanguineous marriage: We need straight, not crooked thinking

Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 194-195

  Qureshi, N ^a   Raeburn, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autosomal recessive; Carrier frequency; Consanguinity; Gene frequency; Population risk; Sibling; Sibship

Indexed keywords

AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BETA THALASSEMIA; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONSANGUINITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDITORIAL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HIGH RISK INFANT; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PROGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; GENETIC DISORDER; MARRIAGE; RISK; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONSANGUINITY; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURE; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; RISK;

EID: 84859399087     PISSN: 14782715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4997/JRCPE.2011.301     Document Type: Editorial

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