Open AccessPatterns of inborn errors of metabolism: A 12 year single-center hospital-based study in Libya
Author(s) -
Hanna Alobaidy
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
qatar medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.171
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2227-0426
pISSN - 0253-8253
DOI - 10.5339/qmj.2013.18
Subject(s) - medicine , consanguinity , pediatrics , jaundice , family history , residence , birth order , presentation (obstetrics) , demography , population , obstetrics , environmental health , sociology
Inborn errors of metabolism (IEM) are mostly transmitted as autosomal recessive disorders and are therefore more frequent in countries with high consanguinity rates such as in the Arab world.
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