Consanguinity and endogamy in the Netherlands: Demographic and medical genetic aspects

Human Heredity

Volumn 77, Issue 1-4, 2014, Pages 161-166

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

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consanguinity; Demographic aspects; Endogamy; Medical genetic aspects; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONSANGUINITY; DEMOGRAPHY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LEGAL ASPECT; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL GENETICS; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY; MIGRATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; ENDOGAMY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW;

CONSANGUINITY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GENETICS, MEDICAL; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84904906503     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: 14230062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000360761     Document Type: Article

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