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[Consanguinity marriages in Brazil]
1Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR.
Revista Brasileira De Biologia
|November 1, 1990
Abstract:
This short review deals with the following problems: 1. frequencies of consanguineous marriages in Brazil; 2. their effects on precocious mortality (from abortions up to and including infant-juvenile mortality) and abnormalities among the survivors; 3. genetic counseling for consanguineous marriages; 4. reduction of the prenatal and post-natal damage in consequence of the abolition of the consanguineous marriages in Brazil.