Autosomal recessive diseases among Palestinian Arabs.
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Autosomal recessive diseases among Palestinian Arabs.
As a consequence of the high consanguinity rate among the Palestinian Arabs, many recessive disorders are present with a relatively high frequency. In a survey of 2000 different Palestinian Arab families who visited our genetic clinic, in 601 an autosomal recessive disease was diagnosed or strongly suspected. The distribution of these disorders was not uniform and some disorders, such as Krabbe...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Genetics
سال: 1997
ISSN: 1468-6244
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.34.9.765