Strategies to Decrease the Incidence of Genetic Disorders in Arab Countries
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Genetic disorders are responsible for a significant proportion of perinatal morbidity, mortality, infant deaths, and handicaps. Their incidence in Arab countries is higher than in the developed world. This is attributed to ethnic diversity, consanguineous marriages, large family size, advanced maternal and paternal age, lack of resources that deal specifically with genetic diseases, lack of public awareness of the significance of genetic disease, reluctance of couples to receive preconception counseling and prenatal diagnosis, and religious and cultural concepts related to causation and dealing with diagnosed malforma-
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