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The Impact of Consanguinity Worldwide

1 Jan 1998

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Consanguineous marriages have been practiced for hundreds of years in many parts of the world. The rate of congenital malformations among the offspring is 2.5 times higher than that among the offspring of unrelated parents, mainly due to the expression of autosomal-recessive disorders, and hospitalization for these reasons causes a major financial burden. An increase in sterility and in the rates of abortion,...

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PMID: 15178982
DOI: 10.1159/000016130

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