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Consanguinity and reproductive health among Arabs [PDF]

Reproductive Health, 2009
Consanguineous marriages have been practiced since the early existence of modern humans. Until now consanguinity is widely practiced in several global communities with variable rates depending on religion, culture, and geography.
Al Ali Mahmoud T, Obeid Tasneem, Nair Pratibha, Tadmouri Ghazi O, Al Khaja Najib, Hamamy Hanan A   +5 more
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Reduced ovarian reserve among female offspring of consanguineous marriages in the Middle East—a mini review [PDF]

Frontiers in Reproductive Health
BackgroundConsanguineous marriages remain prevalent in many regions of the world, particularly within the Middle East, where reported prevalence exceeds 50% in countries such as Saudi Arabia, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates.
Rasha Bayoumi, Joy Riad, Sannidhi Pillai, Barbara Lawrenz, Human Fatemi   +4 more
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Consanguinity and childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: a case-control study

Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette, 2022
Background Consanguineous marriage is widely practised across the world. Its effect on acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is controversial as both parents share some of the genes which might increase the incidence of sharing recessive genes.
Ameer Kakaje, Mohammad Marwan Alhalabi, Ayham Ghareeb, Bahjat Karam, Bassam Mansour, Bayan Zahra, Othman Hamdan   +6 more
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Population stratification and genetic association studies in South Asia [PDF]

, 2005
Population stratification and its influence on genetic association studies is a controversial topic. Although it has been suggested that stratification is unlikely to bias the results of association studies conducted in developed countries, convincing ...
Bittles, A.H.
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Prevalence and Distribution of Dental Anomalies among Arab Orthodontic Patients in Israel: Is There a Correlation to Consanguinity Marriage?

Applied Sciences, 2022
The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of dental anomalies and whethera significant association exists between dental anomalies and consanguinity marriage among Arabic orthodontic patients in Israel.
Rana Kadry, Rojee Atalla, Tatiana Sella Tunis, Tamar Finkelstein, Shirley Schonberger, Johnny Kharouba, Yehoshua Shapira   +6 more
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Consanguinity and clefts in the craniofacial region: A retrospective case-control study

Journal of Cleft Lip Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies, 2015
Objective: The objective was to investigate the association between consanguinity and clefts in the craniofacial region. Materials and Methods: Sample consists of 179 non-syndromic cases of clefts in the craniofacial region and 200 healthy controls with ...
Betty Anna Jose, Subramani Arumugam Subramani, Varsha Mokhasi, Mini Jayan   +3 more
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A cross-sectional survey of multi-generation inflammatory bowel disease consanguinity and its relationship with disease onset

The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2017
Background\Aim: Consanguinity influences the phenotypic variations of some hereditary and immune-mediated disorders, including inflammatory bowel disease.
Mahmoud Mosli, Abdulelah Alzahrani, Showlag Showlag, Abdullah Alshehri, Ahmed Hejazi, Majed Alnefaie, Adel Almaymuni, Mubarak Abdullahi, Mohammed Albeshir, Eman Alsulais, Hani Jawa, Emad Aljahdli, Salem Bazarah, Yousif Qari   +13 more
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Parental Consanguinity and Risk for Childhood Hearing Loss: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2023
Introduction: Genetic causes are responsible for half of the cases of hearing loss, most of them being the result of non-syndromic genetic changes resulting from autosomal recessive inheritance.
Bárbara Leal, Ana Cristina Lopes, Daniela Peixoto, Laura Correia, Maria Miguel Almiro, João Vilar, Maria Luísa Azevedo, Maria Adelaide Bicho   +7 more
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Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa: COL7A1 Mutation Landscape in a Multi-Ethnic Cohort of 152 Extended Families with High Degree of Customary Consanguineous Marriages [PDF]

, 2017
Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa is a heritable skin disease manifesting with sub-lamina densa blistering, erosions, and chronic ulcers. COL7A1, encoding type VII collagen, has been identified as the candidate gene for dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa. In
Abiri, Maryam, Barzegar, Mohammadreza, Ertel, Adam, Fortina, Paolo, Kajbafzadeh, Abdol Mohammad, Mozafari, Nikoo, Saeidian, Amir Hossein, Sotoudeh, Soheila, Uitto, Jouni, Vahidnezhad, Hassan, Youssefian, Leila, Zeinali, Sirous   +11 more
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Association of cleft lip and/or palate in people born to consanguineous parents: A 13-year retrospective study from a very high-volume cleft center

Journal of Cleft Lip Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies, 2019
Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the association of cleft lip (CL) and/or cleft palate (CP) in people born to consanguineous parents.
Praveen Kumar Neela, Srinivas Gosla Reddy, Akhter Husain, Vasavi Mohan   +3 more
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