Consanguinity and the risk of congenital heart disease

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 158 A, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1236-1241

  Shieh, Joseph T C ^a   Bittles, Alan H ^b,c   Hudgins, Louanne ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart defects; Consanguinity; Environment; Genetic counseling; Genetics; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

BIRTH DEFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART INJURY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CONSANGUINITY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; RISK;

EID: 84859941772     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.35272     Document Type: Review

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