[Consanguinity marriages in Brazil].
This short review deals with the following problems: 1. frequencies of consanguineous marriages in Brazil; 2. their effects on precocious mortality (from abortions up to and including infant-juvenile mortality) and abnormalities among the survivors; 3. genetic counseling for consanguineous marriages; 4. reduction of the prenatal and post-natal damage in consequence of the abolition of the consanguineous marriages in Brazil.
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Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR.
D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000453:epidemiology; D003241:Consanguinity; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005817:Genetic Counseling; D006801:Humans; D008393:Marriage / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
Casamentos consangüíneos no Brasil.