CONSANGUINITY and HOMOZYGOSITY among TUNISIAN PATIENTS with AN AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 718-726

  Kelmemi, Wided ^a   Chelly, Imene ^b   Kharrat, Maher ^a   Chaabouni Bouhamed, Habiba ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^b Regional Hospital of Bizerte   (Tunisia)

^c CHARLES NICOLLE HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; CONSANGUINITY; DOWN SYNDROME; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TUNISIA;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSANGUINITY; DOWN SYNDROME; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; TUNISIA;

EID: 84944280044     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002193201400056X     Document Type: Article

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