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Effect of parental consanguinity on neonatal anthropometric measurements and preterm birth in Taif, Saudi Arabia

open access: yesTranslational Research in Anatomy, 2018
Consanguinity has received a great deal of attention as a potential risk factor of many adverse health outcomes. Consanguineous marriage is still widespread in the Middle East.
Saied K.M. Belal   +3 more
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Consanguineous unions and endogamy in families of beta-thalassaemia patients from two Mediterranean populations: Tunisia and Italy

open access: yesAnnals of Human Biology, 2019
Background: Consanguinity increases the incidence of recessive diseases such as beta-thalassaemia major (βTM), one of the most prevalent lethal inherited diseases in the world.
Ramla Weslati   +10 more
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Impact of consanguinity marriage on developing type 1 diabetes of beta thalassemia children

open access: yesJournal of Aziz Fatimah Medical and Dental College, 2021
Objective: To find impact of consanguinity marriage on developing diabetes in a group of thalassemia children. Methodology: A cross sectional study carried out from October 2016 to June 2017at thalassemia centers of Lahore city. One hundred and fifty
Dr. Rukhshan Khurshid   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gene-Targeted Next Generation Sequencing Identifies PNPLA1 Mutations in Patients with a Phenotypic Spectrum of Autosomal Recessive Congenital Ichthyosis: The Impact of Consanguinity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Heritable forms of ichthyoses, also referred to as generalized Mendelian disorders of cornification, are phenotypically a highly heterogeneous group of conditions caused by mutations in a number of genes playing a role in keratinocyte differentiation ...
Abiri, Maryam   +12 more
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CONSANGUINITY IN IRAN [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Public Health, 1991
A total of 8641 married couples were investigated from 28 Iranian populations for consanguineous marriages and coefficient of inbreeding. The results showed considerable differences in the rate and kind of consanguineous matings among the various urban ...
D.D.Farhud   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Assessment of Perceptions and Predictors Towards Consanguinity: A Cross-Sectional Study from Palestine

open access: yesJournal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 2023
Mustafa Ghanim,1 Rami Mosleh,2 Anas Hamdan,3 Johnny Amer,4 Malik Alqub,4 Yazun Jarrar,5 Majdi Dwikat4 1Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine; 2Department of Pharmacy ...
Ghanim M   +6 more
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Locating ethnicity and health: exploring concepts and contexts [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
With the rapid development of ethnicity and health as a field of sociological research, this paper seeks to re-evaluate the development of ideas around ethnicity, 'race' and culture and consider how they have been applied to the question of health ...
Ahmad, Waqar I. U., Bradby, Hannah
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Consanguinity graphs

open access: yesDiscrete Mathematics, 1980
AbstractIn the consanguinity graph of a diagraph, two vertices are joined iff they have a common ancestor. Necessary and sufficient conditions are given for a graph to be a consanguinity graph. We also characterize graphs having an orientation such that any two vertices with a common predecessor are adjacent.
openaire   +2 more sources

The value question in India: Ethnographic reflections on an ongoing debate [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The terms of the debate about anthropological approaches to the value question in India have been set by Dumont, whose theories were based on his ethnographic studies in North and South India, his knowledge of the Sanskrit literature, his synthesis of ...
Gregory, Chris
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The relationship between orofacial clefts and consanguineous marriages: A hospital register-based study in Dharwad, South India

open access: yesJournal of Cleft Lip Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies, 2017
Context: Orofacial cleft (OFC) is one of the common craniofacial malformations. The etiology of these OFCs is multifactorial. One of the etiological factors is consanguinity (marriage between blood relatives).
B R Rajeev   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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