Article
Consanguinity and deafness in Omani children.
International journal of audiology - 1 Jan 2008
Khabori Mazin Al, Patton Michael A
Abstract excerpt
This study was based on a national retrospective analysis of 1400 questionnaires on the causes of deafness in Omani children, collected from 1986 to 2000. It was found that 70% of the deaf children were from parents of consanguineous marriages, and 30% from non-consanguineous unions. In those with consanguineous families 70.16% were first cousin marriages, 17.54% were second cousins, and 10.86% were from the same...
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