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Genetic disease and culture patterns in Lebanon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

P. M. Basson
P. M. Basson
Affiliation:
Department of Humanities and Social Studies, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan
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Summary

Cases of βthalassaemia and haemophilia (factor 8 and 9 deficiency) in pre-war Lebanon were examined for social and genetic information, using medical records. All diagnosed cases admitted to the American University Hospital in Beirut between 1960 and 1970 were examined. Muslims and families of lower socioeconomic status predominated in the data, and many cases were located in the semi-rural poverty belt of Beirut, where many rural migrants and Palestinian refugees congregate. Parental consanguinity rates among male haemophiliacs were used as estimates for the general population. Consanguinity is higher in the thalassaemic population. In the Christian population the incidence of this autosomal recessive disorder appears to have been inflated by consanguinity more than in the Muslims

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , April 1979 , pp. 201 - 207
Copyright
Copyright © 1979, Cambridge University Press

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