A Family Study of Consanguinity in Children with Intellectual Disabilities in Barwani, India

Background: Intellectual disability (ID) can be inherited in families through consanguineous marriage. The ID in an individual can be associated with the ID, epilepsy, and mental illness in their parents. Such connections can be seen more closely among consanguineous marriages in tribal and nontriba...

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Main Authors: Ram Lakhan, Rajshekhar Bipeta, Srinivasa S. R. R. Yerramilli, Vinayak K. Nahar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2017-10-01
Series:Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_104_17