Prevalence of consanguineous marriage among parents of deaf and normal children in Ardabil, North Western Iran

Background and Aim: Having healthy non-handicapped children plays a major role in mental health of the family and decreases family and society's costs. While consanguineous marriage could lead to expression of recessive genes and a variety of handicaps including deafness, the aim of present stu...

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Main Authors: Shahrooz Nemati, Gholam Ali Afrooz, Ali Asgari, Bagher Ghobari Bonab
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2012-06-01
Series:Audiology
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Online Access:http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/22553.pdf&manuscript_id=22553