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The effect of consanguinity on the reproductive wastage in the Turkish population

Nurettin Başaran, Hikmet Hassa, Abdülkadir Başaran, Sevilhan Artan, Jacqui Stevenson

Clinical Genetics · 1989 · 38 citations · 10 references

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Abstract

Analysis of data from 56,664 marriages in Turkey studied from 1970 to 1988 showed an overall rate of consanguineous marriages, of 21.25%, and increases in the rates of abortions, stillbirths, prenatal losses and neonatal deaths.

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The effect of consanguineous marriages on reproductive wastage

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