Abstract Background Consanguineous marriage is widely practised across the world. Its effect on acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) controversial as both parents share some of genes which might increase incidence sharing recessive genes. However, other theories suggest that consanguinity have a protective factor it does for types cancers. This study aims to childhood ALL and consanguinity. Meth...

Background: Consanguineous marriage is a tradition habit in Arab countries leading to higher rates of autosomol recessive genetic disorders. Aim the study: to study the influence premarital counseling regarding consanguineous on knowledge and attitude among university student s. Methods: A quasi experimental design was used. Setting: The was conducted (Faculty Nursing Ain Shams Universi...

In a diploid, outbreeding organism like man the deleterious mutants carried by the population are only partly expressed in each generation, being largely concealed by heterozygosis with more favorable alleles. However, the total hidden-mutational damage carried by the population can be estimated indirectly from the detrimental effects of consanguineous marriage. This method, applied to mortalit...

We describe hereditary retinoschisis without foveal retinoschisis in a girl (the product of a consanguineous marriage) and her father. The father had peripheral retinoschisis with dendritic changes of the retina and good visual acuity. The daughter had peripheral retinoschisis complicated by vitreous haemorrhage and retinal detachment. Neither had foveal retinoschisis. The pattern in a scotopic...

conclusions the results demonstrated that the mortality rate was higher in cf patients with a positive family history, a consanguineous marriage, and residence in a rural area. therefore, demographic factors play an important role in the outcome of cystic fibrosis. unfortunately, these parameters, which can be managed easily and with low cost, have been overlooked. patients and methods this was...

A 3 and half years old male child born by consanguineous marriage presented with white forelock and symmetric hypopigmented areas present since birth, similar to his mother and elder sister. Hepatomegaly was noticed at one year of age. Liver biopsy revealed enlarged pale hepatocytes distended with glycogen. Skin biopsy revealed absence of melanin pigment in white depigmented skin. G727T gene ...