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Genetic epidemiology of ovarian cancer in the 22 Arab countries: A systematic review.
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Elsevier
, 2019 , Article)
Ovarian cancer (OC) is a common disease among Arabs, with one of the highest incidences in the world. OC is underdiagnosed, underreported, and mostly reported with breast cancer. This study aimed to conduct a systematic ...
The Impact of Migrant Remittances on Economic Growth in Arab Countries
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Scholink Inc
, 2019 , Article)
The potential role that workers’ remittances are likely to play in promoting economic growth, especially in Arab countries, is currently attracting considerable attention. These remittances have an impact on the remitting ...
Prevalence of BRCA mutations among hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancer patients in Arab countries: systematic review and meta-analysis.
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BMC
, 2019 , Article)
To systematically assess the prevalence of BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations in women with Hereditary Breast and/or Ovarian Cancer (HBOC) in Arab countries and to describe the variability in the BRCA gene mutations in different ...
Immunogenetics of Celiac Disease: A focus on Arab countries.
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Bentham Science Publishers
, 2019 , Article)
Celiac Disease (CD) is a complex immunogenic disease mainly triggered by gluten intake in genetically susceptible individuals with a prevalence of 1 in 100-300. CD results from the interplay between genetic and environmental ...
Genetic Epidemiology of Hearing Loss in the 22 Arab Countries: A Systematic Review
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Wolters Kluwer Health
, 2019 , Article)
Hearing loss (HL) is a heterogeneous condition that causes partial or complete hearing impairment. Hundreds of variants in more than 60 genes have been reported to be associated with Hereditary HL (HHL). The HHL prevalence ...
Prevalence and potential determinants of subthreshold and major depression in the general population of Qatar
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Elsevier
, 2019 , Article)
Background
There is a paucity of epidemiological studies of depression in war-free Arab countries. This study estimated the prevalence and potential determinants of Subthreshold (SUBDE) and Major Depressive Episode (MDE) ...