Marriage between close biological relatives is generally regarded with suspicion and
distaste within Western society, reflecting historical and religious prejudice. By comparison …

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an inherited autosomal recessive disorder, ethnically
restricted and commonly found among individuals of Mediterranean descent, caused by …

Objectives. Several sets of criteria mainly for adults have been proposed for the diagnosis of
FMF. The aim of the present study is to validate the most widely used diagnostic 'Tel …

An essential guide to this major contemporary issue, Consanguinity in Context is a uniquely
comprehensive account of intra-familial marriage. Detailed information on past and present …

The objective of this cross-sectional study was to determine the pattern and time trend of
consanguineous marriage and its adverse health effects on the offspring in Dammam city …

Background and Objectives In the last decade, autosomal recessive IL-12Rβ1 deficiency
has been diagnosed in four children with severe tuberculosis from three unrelated families …

Consanguinity has highly complex and multifaceted aspects with sociocultural as well as
biological debates on its pros and cons. The biological upshot of consanguinity includes the …

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of
consanguineous marriages in Turkey using data derived from the 2003 Turkey …

In most Western countries there is a widespread belief, fostered in part by historical
prejudice and religious proscription, that inbreeding in human populations causes a …

In this paper, we examine the fertility behavior of Turkish women in Europe from a context-of-
origin perspective. Women with different migration biographies (first-generation, 1.5 …