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Genetic screening in the Persian Jewish community: A pilot study.
Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics - 1 Oct 2010
Kaback Michael, Lopatequi Jean, Portuges Amin Riley, Quindipan Cathy, Pariani Mitchel, Salimpour-Davidov Nilou, Rimoin David L
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PURPOSE: Israeli investigators have identified several relatively frequent disorders due to founder point mutations in Persian (Iranian) Jews, who, for nearly three centuries up to the Islamic Revolution of 1979, were completely isolated reproductively. METHODS: Using a community-based model prev...
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