Open AccessBurden of Congenital and Hereditary Anomalies in Hazara Population of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Author(s) -
Anisa Bibi,
Syeda Farwa Naqvi,
Amman Syed,
Shah Zainab,
Khadija Sohail,
Sajid Malik
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
pakistan journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1682-024X
pISSN - 1681-715X
DOI - 10.12669/pjms.38.5.5486
Subject(s) - medicine , consanguinity , pediatrics , incidence (geometry) , etiology , pedigree chart , cohort , population , khyber pakhtunkhwa , demography , genetics , physics , environmental health , socioeconomics , sociology , biology , optics , gene
In Pakistan, there is high incidence of congenital and hereditary anomalies (CA) which are a leading cause of infant mortality and morbidity. In order to elucidate the burden and biodemographic correlates of CA, this study was aimed to report the prevalence-pattern and phenotypic attributes of CA in the Hazara population of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.