Genetic Disorders in the Arab World: Bahrain (Volume 2, 2006)
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چکیده
The initiative of the Centre for Arab Genomic Studies to establish a database for genetic disorders in the Arab World started in 2004 with a pilot project to catalogue genetic disorders in the Arab population of the United Arab Emirates. The strategy applied for this purpose consisted of data collection from a variety of sources including international and national bibliographic indices, nationally peer-reviewed medical journals, hospital records, and personal contacts (Tadmouri et al., 2004; see also Chapter 1). The efficacy of this strategy is clearly shown in the number of records collected in the database when compared to classical reviews on the subject (Al-Gazali et al., 1995; Abou-Chaaban et al., 1997; Al Talabani et al., 1998; Al Hosani and Czeizel, 2000; Al-Gazali et al., 2003).
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