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Global distribution of consanguinity and their impact on complex diseases: Genetic disorders from an endogamous population

2017-02-21

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Marriage between close relatives has been practised globally since the early existence of human society. The role of consanguinity and inbreeding affecting human health is a topic of great interest in medical genetics. The objective of the study was to investigate the extent of consanguinity and its effects on common non-communicable diseases, the related risk factors, its role in human health and susceptibility t...

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Literature Corpus work: 67624b23-a30b-55dc-a207-360a2066c0c3
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmhg.2017.01.002

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