Risk factors predisposing to congenital heart defects

• Main Authors: Faheem Ul Haq (Author), Fatima Jalil (Author), Saman Hashmi (Author), Maliha Iqbal Jumani (Author), Aamer Imdad (Author), Mehnaz Jabeen (Author), Javad Tauseef Hashmi (Author), Furqan Bin Irfan (Author), Muhammad Imran (Author), Mehnaz Atiq (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Congenital heart disease (CHD) is associated with multiple risk factors, consanguinity may be one such significant factor. The role of consanguinity in the etiology of CHD is supported by inbreeding studies, which demonstrate an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance of some congen...