The consequences of consanguinity on the rates of malformations and major medical conditions at birth and in early childhood in inbred populations

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The rate of malformations and major medical conditions in early childhood was analyzed in a single village according to the degree of relationship between the parents. In the village, 70-80% of the marriages are between descendants of the founders and therefore consanguineous. In the period 1992-2003, in 99 of 2,610 children, a major malformation was diagnosed at birth and seven additional fetuses were aborted...

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