The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that Saudi Arabia ranks the second
highest in the Middle East, and is seventh in the world for the rate of diabetes. It is estimated …

Consanguineous marriages have been practiced since the early existence of modern
humans. Until now consanguinity is widely practiced in several global communities with …

Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is quite prevalent in the world, with a proportion of 1 in
every 300 persons and steadily rising frequency of incidence of about 3% every year. More …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Saudi Arabia has a high prevalence of hereditary
hemoglobin disorders. Data has been collected by the Saudi Premarital Screening and …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: There is a high rate of consanguinity in Saudi Arabia;
however, information on its relationship with genetic disorders is limited. The objective of this …

Aim To address the implementation of the National Newborn Screening Program (NBS) in
Saudi Arabia and stratify the incidence of the screened disorders. Methods A retrospective …

Consanguineous marriage (CM) is a prevalent kind of relationship in Muslim and Arab
countries, and this type of relationship is linked to several health risks. This study was …

Consanguinity is the blood relationship that exists among individuals that descend from a
common ancestor. The objectives of the study was to explore the frequency and socio …

Background: Saudi population is unique in that there is a strong preference for cousin
marriages in the general population. We studied the prevalence of consanguinity in …

Severe combined immunodeficiency disease (SCID) is the most severe form of primary
immunodeficiency disorders (PID). T-cell receptor excision circle (TREC) copy number …