Factors Affecting the Use of Prenatal Testing for Fetal Anomalities in a Traditional Society

Factors Affecting the Use of Prenatal Testing for Fetal Anomalities in a Traditional Society

The Bedouin Arabs of the southern part of Israel are a community at increased risk for genetic diseases and congenital anomalies as a result of frequent consanguineous marriages and underutilization of prenatal tests to detect fetal anomalies.

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Veröffentlicht in:Community genetics 2000, Vol.3 (2), p.61-70
Hauptverfasser: Weitzman, Dahlia, Shoham-Vardi, Ilana, Elbedour, Khalil, Belmaker, Ilana, Siton, Yafa, Carmi, Rivka
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Sprache:eng
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Congenital defects
Genetics
Multivariate analysis
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Zusammenfassung:The Bedouin Arabs of the southern part of Israel are a community at increased risk for genetic diseases and congenital anomalies as a result of frequent consanguineous marriages and underutilization of prenatal tests to detect fetal anomalies.
ISSN:1422-2795
1662-4246
1422-2833
1662-8063
DOI:10.1159/000051106