Hearing Impairments in Consanguineous Marriage

Consanguineous marriage is strongly favored in many large human populations. In the most parts of south Asia, consanguineous marriage account for 20%  to over 50% of the general population. The effect of consanguinity on hereditary deafness has been well studied and documented. Many authors...

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Main Authors: Younes Lotfi, Saeideh Mehrkian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Negah Institute for Scientific Communication 2004-09-01
Series:Iranian Rehabilitation Journal
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Online Access:http://irj.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-104&slc_lang=en&sid=1