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Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2020 Background Inherited metabolic disorders (IMDs) are group of rare monogenic diseases, usually derived from reduced or absent activity in a single metabolic pathway. Most of the IMDs are inherited in an autosomal recessive manner.
Guy Hazan +2 more
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Iranian 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
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Relationship of semen quality to inbreeding and gait of Colombian Creole horses
Ciência Rural, 2022 : High consanguinity among equines has negative effects on semen quality, thus resulting in low motility and high levels of abnormality in the spermatozoa.
Giovanni Restrepo Betancur +2 more
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Discrete 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.
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Is consanguinity an impediment to child development?
Population studies, 2020 Marriages between blood relatives—also known as consanguineous unions—are widespread in North Africa, Central and West Asia, and South Asia. Researchers have suggested that consanguinity has adverse effects on child development, but assessing its impact ...
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Consanguinity and reproductive health among Arabs
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 +5 more
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Effects of consanguinity in a cohort of subjects with certain genetic disorders in Qatar
Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine, 2019 Consanguineous marriages are common in the Middle East including the Gulf countries. The rate of consanguinity in Qatar is approximately 54%, which are mainly first cousins’ marriages.
T. Ben-Omran +6 more
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Consanguineous Marriages in Pakistan [PDF]
The Pakistan Development Review, 1994 In societies where marriage is nearly universal, and the fertility process is almost entirely through marital union, the factors associated with the occurrence of marriage, and through it the reproduction and rearing of children, need to be continuously assessed.
Mohammad Afzal +2 more
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Wellcome Open ResearchBackground Research undertaken using the Born in Bradford cohort study identified consanguinity as a major risk factor for congenital anomalies and also reported longer term adverse health outcomes associated with consanguinity.
N. Small, Brian Kelly, John Wright
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Consanguinity: A blessing or menace at population level?
Annals of Human Genetics, 2019 Consanguinity has highly complex and multifaceted aspects with sociocultural as well as biological debates on its pros and cons. The biological upshot of consanguinity includes the increased homozygosity, which results in manifold increased risk of ...
M. Bhinder +10 more
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