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Clinical assessment and molecular genetics of an autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa in a Bulgarian Roma family

open access: yesActa Ophthalmologica, 2011
AbstractPurpose To make a clinical assessment and molecular genetic analysis in patients with autosomal dominant form of retinitis pigmentosa (adRP) in a Bulgarian Roma family.Methods Clinical assessment and genealogical analysis in a Bulgarian Roma family suggested the presence of RP with autosomal dominant inheritance with at least 12 affected in 4 ...
S Cherninkova, Radka Kaneva
exaly   +3 more sources

Bulgarian Policies towards the Roma Housing Problem and Roma Squatter Settlements

European Journal of Housing Policy, 2007
ABSTRACT The paper argues that the national and local authorities in Bulgaria do not utilize the vast experience accumulated by many developed and developing countries, the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (UNCHS) and the World Bank in providing housing for the poor and dealing with squatter settlements. Ignoring this experience is a serious
Aleksandar D Slaev
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Religious and social commitment of the Bulgarian Roma migrants in Spain

Local Economy, 2018
This paper is configured as an ethnographic discussion on the religious and social ties of different Roma/Gypsy communities from Bulgaria within their post-socialist labour migrations to Spain. It aims to add new fieldwork results and interpretations to the lacuna of studies on the interrelations between faith and migration.
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The Bulgarian Gypsies (Roma) during World War II

2001
Gypsies have been living in the land of Bulgaria for centuries. The surrounding population refers to them with the generic name Tsigani and perceives them as one whole undifferentiated community. It is true that all Gypsies in Bulgaria belong to the Roma stream and that Roma is also their common self-appellation; however, they are internally divided ...
Elena Marushiakova, Vesselin Popov
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C283Y gamma-sarcoglycan gene mutation in the Bulgarian Roma (Gypsy) population: prevalence study and carrier screening in a high-risk community

Clinical Genetics, 2004
Limb‐girdle muscular dystrophy type 2C (LGMD2C) is caused by mutations in the gamma‐sarcoglycan gene where a founder Gypsy mutation C283Y was detected. The Bulgarian Gypsy LGMD2C patients, as the Gypsy patients from other countries, were found to be homozygous for this mutation.
Ivailo Tournev   +2 more
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Ethnography of exploitation in seasonal agricultural labor. The case of Bulgarian Roma laborers in Apulia, Southern Italy

Sociologia Del Lavoro
This paper analyses a case of severe labour exploitation, involving a group of Bulgarian fruit and vegetable pickers of Roma origin employed in the seasonal harvest, especially of tomatoes, in the Foggia area involved in a 10-year cycle of seasonal migration between Italy and Bulgaria.
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A Few Remarks on the Language of Turkish-Speaking Bulgarian Roma in Poland

open access: yesStudia Philologica, 2020
The Turkish-speaking Roma, also known as the Horahane Roma, represent various ethnographic groups who share the same religion, Islam. A portion of Bulgarian Muslim Roma have adopted the Turkish language.
Georgiewa-Okoń, Jordanka
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Wilson’s disease in two consecutive generations in a Bulgarian Roma family

Journal of Neurology, 2007
V Mihaylova   +2 more
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Familial generalized epilepsy in Bulgarian Roma

Epileptic Disorders, 2007
ABSTRACT Aims Gypsy communities constitute cultural and frequently inbred genetic isolates. Several genetic neurological disorders have been identified in these communities. Epilepsy appears as a fairly frequent medical condition among Bulgarian Gypsies, and many patients can be related to large pedigrees that may ...
Ivailo, Tournev   +11 more
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Sold like a donkey? Bride-price among the Bulgarian Roma

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 2007
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