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Autor:
Alan H. Bittles
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 religious, social and legal practices and prohibitions is presented
Autor:
Alan H Bittles
Publikováno v:
Annals of Pediatric Cardiology, Vol 4, Iss 2, Pp 111-116 (2011)
Numerous articles have been published linking consanguineous marriage to an elevated prevalence of congenital heart disease, with ventricular septal defects and atrial septal defects the most commonly cited disorders. While initially persuasive, on c
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https://doaj.org/article/06da4455d6d8406898ec237699abbd24
Autor:
Edwin P. Kirk, Velimir Gayevskiy, Sulekha Rajagopalan, Arthavan Selvanathan, Kristine Barlow-Stewart, George Elakis, Michael Buckley, Sarah Josephi-Taylor, William Lo, Lisa Worgan, Alan H. Bittles, Tony Roscioli, Alison Colley, Mark J. Cowley, Leslie Burnett
Publikováno v:
Genetics in Medicine. 21:608-612
To provide proof of concept by broadening preconception screening beyond targeted testing to inform reproductive risk in consanguineous couples. Consanguineous couples were screened for autosomal recessive and X-linked disorders using the TruSight On
Autor:
Alan H. Bittles, Sulekha Rajagopalan, Edwin P. Kirk, Lisa Worgan, Bettina Meiser, Alison Colley, Tony Roscioli, Arthavan Selvanathan, Kristine Barlow-Stewart, Sarah Josephi-Taylor
Publikováno v:
Journal of Genetic Counseling. 28:240-250
The study aimed to explore with consanguineous couples in Australia the acceptability and perceived utility of whole exome reproductive carrier screening for autosomal recessive and X-linked recessive conditions. Semi-structured interviews with 21 co
Autor:
Jiapeng Lu, Yuqing Huang, Youxin Wang, Yan Li, Yujun Zhang, Jingjing Wu, Feifei Zhao, Shijiao Meng, Xinwei Yu, Qingwei Ma, Manshu Song, Naibai Chang, Alan H Bittles, Wei Wang
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 7, Iss 7, p e39726 (2012)
Advancing age is associated with cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus and cancer, and shows significant inter-individual variability. To identify ageing-related biomarkers we performed a proteomic analysis on 1890 Chinese Han individuals, 1136 m
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https://doaj.org/article/a599848cba954a7c942160fd2db00985
Publikováno v:
Journal of biosocial science. 52(5)
To an extent the question posed in the title of this paper can simply be answered in the affirmative. Based on the extensive data available from the National Family Health Survey-1 (NFHS-1) conducted in 1992–93 and NFHS-4 in 2015–16 there has bee
Autor:
Jack Goldblatt, Nikolajs Zeps, Matthew I. Bellgard, Alan H. Bittles, Jeff Szer, Kathryn R. Napier, Sue Fletcher, Adam Hunter
Publikováno v:
Blood Cells, Molecules & Diseases
Orphan drug clinical trials often are adversely affected by a lack of high quality treatment efficacy data that can be reliably compared across large patient cohorts derived from multiple governmental and country jurisdictions. It is critical that th
Autor:
Paul Lacaze, Nicole Millis, Matthew I. Bellgard, Yvonne Zurynski, Ingrid Winship, John J McNeil, Megan Fookes, Adam Jaffe, Alan H. Bittles
Publikováno v:
Internal Medicine Journal. 47:1075-1079
When registries collect accurate clinical data over time, they can act as fundamental support structures for patients and their families and powerful cost-effective instruments to support clinical trials and translational research to improve quality
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Journal of Biosocial Science. 49:435-446
SummaryThe biraderi (brotherhood) is a long-established, widely prevalent dimension of social stratification in Pakistani communities worldwide. Alongside consanguinity, it offers a route for cementing social solidarities and so has strong socio-biol
Autor:
Neil Small, Alan H. Bittles
Publikováno v:
Journal of Biosocial Science. 48:844-854
SummaryConsanguineous marriage is a controversial topic in many Western societies, with attention mainly focused on the health of immigrant communities from Asia and Africa. In the UK consanguinity is especially prevalent in the Pakistani community,