The Association Between Consanguinity and Offspring with Congenital Hearing Loss in The Eastern Region, Saudi Arabia

Background: Consanguineous marriage is a common practice in the Middle East and in Saudi Arabia especially. Not many studies were done on the relationship between consanguinity and congenital hearing loss (HL) in Saudi Arabia and none in the Eastern Region specifically. Therefore, this study focus...

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Main Author: Abdullah M. AlKhudair
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2024-07-01
Series:Journal of Nature and Science of Medicine
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Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/jnsm/fulltext/2024/07030/the_association_between_consanguinity_and.4.aspx