Hemoglobinopathies in the North of Morocco: Consanguinity Pilot Study

Consanguinity is a social behavior characterized by the arrangement of marriages between relatives. It coincides generally with the geographic distribution of recessive genetic diseases as it increases the likelihood of homozygosis and, consequently, the incidence of their pathologies in the populat...

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Main Authors: Achraf Laghmich, Fatima Zahra Alaoui Ismaili, Zeineb Zian, Amina Barakat, Naima Ghailani Nourouti, Mohcine Bennani Mechita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2019-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/6857417