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The effect of consanguinity on the reproductive wastage in the Turkish population
N Başaran1, H Hassa, A Başaran
1Section of Medical Genetics, Medical Faculty, Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Turkey.
Clinical Genetics
|September 1, 1989
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.