Genetic screening in the Persian Jewish community: A pilot study.

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Abstract

Israeli investigators have identified several relatively frequent disorders due to founder point mutations in Persian (Iranian) Jews, who, for nearly three centuries up to the Islamic Revolution of 1979, were completely isolated reproductively.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Genet Med

Title: Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics

Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

ISSN (Electronic): 1530-0366

ISSN (Print): 1098-3600

Publication date (Electronic): Oct 2010

Volume: 12

Issue: 10

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[1 ] Medical Genetics Institute and the Department of Pathology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Publisher Item ID: S1098-3600(21)01956-0

DOI: 10.1097/GIM.0b013e3181edef5b

PubMed ID: 20733503

SO-VID: a51cb4f5-378b-416f-b220-014c6bb04477

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