Autosomal recessive disorders among Arabs: an overview from Kuwait.
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Autosomal recessive disorders among Arabs: an overview from Kuwait.
Kuwait has a cosmopolitan population of 1.7 million, mostly Arabs. This population is a mosaic of large and small minorities representing most Arab communities. In general, Kuwait's population is characterized by a rapid rate of growth, large family size, high rates of consanguineous marriages within the Arab communities with low frequency of intermarriage between them, and the presence of gene...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Genetics
سال: 1994
ISSN: 1468-6244
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.31.3.224