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Morbidity and mortality of COVID-19 negatively associated with the frequency of consanguineous marriages, an ecologic study

Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics, 2022
Background Union between second cousins and closer relatives is called consanguineous marriage. Consanguineous marriage is associated with increased risk of autosomal recessive diseases and several multifactorial traits.
Mostafa Saadat
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Consanguineous marriage in the Arab societies [PDF]

, 2020
Endogamous and consanguineous marriage is estimated to comprise 20% of all marriages in the contemporary world. In Arabia, however, it is estimated to characterize approximately half of all marriages.
Al-Ghanim, Kaltham Ali
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Fetal congenital anomalies among consanguineous and non consanguineous marriage pregnant women attending in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib medical university

, 2022
Background: Consanguineous marriage has been described as an important factor contributing to increased congenital malformations. Congenital anomalies began to emerge as one of the major childhood health problems and refers to any malformations that ...
Zabin, Fahmida, Pervin, Hasna Hena, Fatema, Kaniz, Sultana, Nigar   +3 more
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Socioeconomic, demographic and legal influences on consanguinity and kinship in northern coastal Sweden 1780-1899

, 2011
Most studies on consanguinity have been conducted on contemporary populations and have focused on the prevalence and types of preferred intra-familial marriage.
I. EGERBLADH, Bittles, Alan H, A. H. BITTLES, Egerbladh, I, Egerbladh, I., Bittles, AH, Bittles, A.H., Egerbladh, Inez,   +7 more
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Consanguinity, caste and deaf-mutism in Punjab, 1921

, 2004
The effects of religion, population sub-division and geography on the prevalence of deaf-mutism were investigated using information collected in the 1921 Census of Punjab.
Sullivan, S.G., Zhivotovsky, L.A., A. H. BITTLES, L. A. ZHIVOTOVSKY, S. G. SULLIVAN, Bittles, A.H.   +5 more
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Study of Youths’ Knowledge, Behavior, and Attitude towards Consanguineous Marriages [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2006
Consanguineous marriages are traditionally favoured in most of Asian and African countries especially in the Muslim countries. However, it is apparent that these kinds of marriage are a major factor of some genetic disorders inherited in an autosomal ...
M Hasanzadeh-Nazarabadi, GH Rezaeetalab, F Dastfan   +2 more
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Consanguineous Marriages and Reproductive Behavior: A Study from Vidarbha Region of Maharashtra

National Journal of Community Medicine, 2022
Introduction: India has been subdivided in to two major regions with respect to a preference for or avoidance of consanguineous marriage. The deleterious health effects associated with consanguinity are caused by the expression of rare, recessive genes ...
Venkatramana K Sonkar, Uday W Narlawar, Ismail Ali F Inamdar, Mohan K Doibale   +3 more
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Building Community Amidst the Institutional Whiteness of Graduate Study: Black Joy and Maroon Moves in an Academic Marronage

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reflects on the construction of a supportive community of Black Afro‐diasporic graduate students and their supervisors researching issues relating to race in the field of education in Australia. It draws on the concept of marronage—a term rooted in the fugitive act of becoming a maroon, where enslaved people enacted an escape in ...
Hellen Magoi, Casianus Gemoh, Denise Chapman, Edmund Hypolite, Simon Angok, Melanie Baak, Joel Windle   +6 more
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Effect of Premarital Counseling Regarding Consanguineous Marriage on Nursing Student's Perception and Satisfaction

Evidence-Based Nursing Research
Context: Consanguineous marriage is a traditional habit in Arab countries leading to higher autosomal recessive genetic disorders.‎ Aim: To study the effect of premarital counseling regarding consanguineous ‎marriage on nursing students' perception ...
Nagia S. A. Ebid, Sahar M. Soliman, Kamilia R. Abo Shabana, Nevin S. Metwaly   +3 more
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Impact of a Counseling-Based Intervention Program on Enhancing Adolescents' Awareness and Risk Perception Toward Consanguineous Marriage at Kafr El-Sheikh, and El-Gharbia Governorates, Egypt [PDF]

Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Background: Consanguineous marriages increase the risk of genetic disorders and congenital anomalies in offspring due to the higher likelihood of inheriting identical recessive genes from both parents.
Rasha Mohamed Hassan Eltelt, Anaam Ebrahim El-Nagar, Manar Gamal Mohamed Ali   +2 more
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