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Genetic disorders among Palestinian Arabs: 1. Effects of consanguinity
11 Feb 1997
Abstract excerpt
Among Palestinian Arabs the rate of consanguinity is very high and some 44.3% of the marriages are between relatives (22.6% of them between first cousins). In almost 2,000 files from Palestinian Arab families who attended the genetics clinic in the Hadassah Medical Center; we were able to study the effects of consanguinity on different disorders. The consanguinity rate in families with dominant or X-linked...
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