Effect of consanguinity on birth defects in Saudi women: Results from a nested case-control study

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 100-104

  Majeed Saidan, Muhammad Ali ^a   Ammari, Amer N ^a   Alhashem, Amal M ^a   Al Rakaf, Maha S ^a   Shoukri, Mohamed M ^b   Garne, Ester ^c   Kurdi, Ahmed Mohammed ^a  

^a Prince Sultan Military Medical City   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KOLDING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Consanguineous marriages; Consanguinity; First cousins; Risk factors; Second cousins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI; ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; INFANT; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; UROGENITAL ABNORMALITIES;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; UROGENITAL ABNORMALITIES;

EID: 84923365230     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.23331     Document Type: Article

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