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Consanguinity and Ocular Genetic Diseases in South India: Analysis of a Five-Year Study
1 Jan 2002
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OBJECTIVE: Consanguineous marriage is a widely practised social custom in Asia and northern Africa. In south India, Dravidian Hindus have contracted consanguineous marriages for over 2,000 years. In the present study, the influence of consanguinity on the prevalence of visual disorders was examined in patients attending a specialist genetic eye clinic. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A total of 2,335 patients attending...
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