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Consanguinity and genetic disorders in Egypt

2012-01-01

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BackgroundConsanguineous marriages are defined as marriages between blood relatives; however, geneticists usually use this term to refer to unions between second cousins or closer. Consanguinity increases the risk of congenital anomalies and autosomal recessive diseases; the closer the relationship,

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DOI: 10.1097/01.mxe.0000407744.14663.d8

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