Premarital Blood Tests to Decrease the Burden of Diseases in the Arab World Due to Consanguinity: A Call for Action

Heba Urabi; Ahmed B. Mohd; Hanan Hasan; Omar B. Mohd; Khaled Albakri

doi:10.58877/japaj.v1i3.62

Authors

Heba Urabi MD, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, 22110, Irbid, Jordan.
Ahmed B. Mohd Medical student, Faculty of medicine, Hashemite University, 13133, Zarqa, Jordan. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1677-5663
Hanan Hasan The Lab medical Laboratories, Amman, Jordan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6875-2458
Omar B. Mohd Medical student, Faculty of medicine, Hashemite University, 13133, Zarqa, Jordan. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5573-7905
Khaled Albakri Medical student, Faculty of medicine, The Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1462-4204

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58877/japaj.v1i3.62

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