An enquiry answered by 100 randomly selected British Pakistani mothers in the postnatal wards of two hospitals in West Yorkshire showed that 55 were married to their first cousins, while in only 33 cases had their mother been married to her first cousin. This suggests an increasing rate of consanguineous marriage in this relatively small group, by contrast with the decreasing rate observed in s...

BACKGROUND Consanguinity or marriage between close blood relatives, in particular first cousins is widely practised and even socially encouraged in many countries. However, in the face of fertility transition where the number of cousins eligible to marry declines, how might such constraints on consanguinity develop in the future? OBJECTIVE Numerous studies have stated that the practice cannot c...

BACKGROUND Research on the attitudes of Saudi adults towards consanguinity is scarce. The study aimed to explore the attitudes towards consanguinity and its associations with socio-demographic characteristics in a sample of Saudi adults. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted using a self-administered questionnaire. A total of 386 outpatient waiting-area attendees at King Abdul-Aziz Me...

Darierdisease(DD)is a rare congenital acantholytic disorder characterised by persistent eruptions of greasy, hyperkeratotic papules in seborrhoeic areas, extremities and rarely intertriginous areas.Nail abnormalitiesand mucous membraneinvolvement also occurs. A neuropsychiatricdisordercan be present occasionally. We are reporting case Darier disease male child born consanguineous marriage coexi...

Turner syndrome and Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser (MRKH) is a rare association. The incidences of MRKH syndromes are estimated at 1/2000 1/4500 female births respectively. This 23-year-old patient, born consanguineous marriage, who was referred to us for exploration primary amenorrhoea. karyotype, performed three times, from peripheral blood lymphocytes 45X0. diagnosis associated with retained.

Consanguineous marriages are respected and practiced among more than one billion of the world’s populationwith consanguinity rates reaching 20–50%. Consanguinity increases risk congenital anomalies, autosomalrecessive disorders, perinatal antenatal morbidities. This study determines knowledge regardingconsanguineous its genetic effects young adults.Objectives: 1. To assess regarding consanguine...

Consanguineous marriages are more common in south India primarily because of social and cultural factors. Possibility a child consanguineous married couple, suffering from genetic diseases, congenital deformities auto recessive disorder is than offspring non-consanguineous couple. prevalent rural area lack awareness about consequences. Hence the aim study was to educate adolescents regarding ma...

OBJECTIVES The aims of the study were to determine the prevalence, types and socio-economic correlates of consanguineous marriages in Iran, and to gauge the extent to which consanguinity influenced fertility, pregnancy outcomes and the expression of genetic disorders in the present-day population. METHODS Data on the prevalence of consanguinity and birth outcomes in the first marriages of 5,5...

Marriage is said to be consanguineous, when it is between persons descending from the common ancestor. Consanguineous marriages are widely contracted worldwide despite the devastating effects in children born to such couples. The aim of the study was to analyze the impact of consanguinity on hearing in babies born out of consanguineous marriages. It was a comparative study in 50 children aged b...