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Health Awareness and Consequences of Consanguineous Marriages

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2015
Objectives: This community-based study was done to assess the awareness of people regarding the ill effects of consanguinity and to observe its association with various sociodemographic variables and complications among children.
Nitin Joseph, K. Keshava Pavan, Keerthan Ganapathi, P. Apoorva, Parul Sharma, Jai Aditya Jhamb   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

PREVALENCE OF CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGES IN SOUTH SINAI, EGYPT [PDF]

, 2017
A total of 3961 married couples from six major geographical areas representing the South Sinai governorates in Egypt were studied to assess the rate of consanguineous marriage. The population of six selected areas (St Catherines, Nuweiba, Abu Rudeis, Ras
ABDEL-RAOUF, E., HAMAMY, H., MEGUID, N. A., SAAD-HUSSEIN, A., TALAAT, A., YAMAMAH, G.   +5 more
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Do consanguineous parents of a child affected by an autosomal recessive disease have more DNA identical-by-descent than similarly-related parents with healthy offspring? Design of a case-control study [PDF]

, 2010
Background: The offspring of consanguineous relations have an increased risk of congenital/genetic disorders and early mortality. Consanguineous couples and their offspring account for approximately 10% of the global population.
Dirk J Kuik, Leo P ten Kate, Lidewij Henneman, Marieke E Teeuw, Martina C Cornel, Peter Heutink, Zoltan Bochdanovits   +6 more
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Two Problems for the Political Inclusion of Animals

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent years, the field of animal ethics has taken a political turn, with scholars arguing that sentient nonhuman animals should be included in the political sphere. This article explores two key challenges arising from this turn towards the political inclusion of animals: the Conflict Problem and the Numbers Problem.
David Paaske, Angela K. Martin
wiley   +1 more source

The relationship between consanguineous marriage and death in fetus and infants

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2012
Background: Given the high prevalence of consanguineous marriages in rural and urban areas of Iran, the aim of this study was to identify its role in increasing fetal and infant deaths.
Majid Mehr Mohammadi, Heidar Ali Hooman, Gholam Ali Afrooz, Parviz Sharifi Daramadi   +3 more
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Yes, Friendship and Love Can Be Bought and Sold

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Can friendship and love be bought and sold? I argue yes, contrary to philosophical consensus. The prevailing view rests on the common error of over‐reliance on idealized conceptions of friendship and love that bear little resemblance to actual relationships.
Simone Sommer Degn
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Heredity and the Prevalence of Strabismus in Families with Accommodative, Partial Accommodative, and Infantile Esotropia

Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi, 2020
Objectives:To investigate the prevalence of strabismus in families of a proband with accommodative, partial accommodative, or infantile esotropia (IET), and to evaluate the mode of inheritance and the role of consanguineous marriages in this prevalence ...
Fatma Çorak Eroğlu, Sibel Oto, Feride İffet Şahin, Yunus Terzi, Özge Özer Kaya, Mustafa Agah Tekindal   +5 more
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Integrating the Gestalt Model of Self With Psychedelic‐Assisted Psychotherapy

The Journal of Humanistic Counseling, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This theoretical integration paper employs a conceptual analysis methodology to synthesize the Gestalt model of self‐as‐process with Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy (PSIP). Unlike traditional psychedelic therapy models that defer therapeutic engagement to postsession integration, PSIP emphasizes an active, directive therapeutic
Travis R. Fox
wiley   +1 more source

Medical Anthropology: Pathological Effects of Consanguineous Marriages

Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi, 2017
Consanguineous marriages are characteristic features of particularly the traditional system. Furthermore they are significant fields of anthropology/ medical anthropology in terms of the fact that they set forth the analysis between culture and health ...
Mehmet Şükrü NAR
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Delayed diagnosis of 3β‐HSD7 deficiency in adolescence: Two case reports and review of the literature

JPGN Reports, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Congenital bile acid synthesis defects (BASD), the most common of which is 3β‐hydroxy‐Δ5‐C27‐steroid dehydrogenase oxidoreductase (3β‐HSD7) deficiency, are a rare cause of fat‐soluble vitamin malabsorption. We describe a 14‐year‐old girl who presented at 14 months with a left distal femur fracture and failure to thrive.
Samantha Pendleton, Mojdeh Mostafavi, Jamie Mathew, Kayla Ganzburg, Barry Hirsch, Nadia Ovchinsky, Wael Sayej   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source