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A high prevalence of inherited metabolic diseases is present in Turkey; at least in part, this is due to consanguineous marriages.
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Özalp, I., Coskun, T., Tokol, S. et al. Inherited metabolic disorders in Turkey. J Inherit Metab Dis 13, 732–738 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01799576
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