ALGERIA

Perrin P. Bouhassa R. Mselli L. Garguier N. Nigon VM. Bennani C. Labie D. Trabuchet G. Diversity of sequence haplotypes associated with beta-thalassaemia mutations in Algeria: implications for their origin. Gene. 213(1-2):169-77, 1998 Jun 15.

BAHRAIN

Jassim N. Merghoub T. Pascaud O. al Mukharraq H. Ducrocq R. Labie D. Elion J. Krishnamoorthy R. Arrayed SA. Molecular basis of beta-thalassemia in Bahrain: an epicenter for a Middle East specific mutation. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 850:407-9, 1998 Jun 30

Al-Mahroos F. Cystic fibrosis in Bahrain incidence, phenotype, and outcome. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics. 44(1):35-9, 1998 Feb

EGYPT

ElHashemite, N., M. Petrou, A. S. Khalifa, N. M. Heshmat, M. S. Rady, and J. D. A. Delhanty. 1997. Identification of novel Asian Indian and Japanese mutations causing beta-thalassaemia in the Egyptian population. Hum Genet, 99:271-274.

Soliman AS. Bondy ML. Guan Y. El-Badawi S. Mokhtar N. Bayomi S. Raouf AA. Ismail S. McPherson RS. Abdel-Hakim TF. Beasley RP. Levin B. Wei Q. Reduced expression of mismatch repair genes in colorectal cancer patients in Egypt. International Journal of Oncology. 12(6):1315-9, 1998 Jun

Soliman AS. Bondy ML. Levin B. El-Badawy S. Khaled H. Hablas A. Ismail S. Adly M. Mahgoub KG. McPherson RS. Beasley RP. Familial aggregation of colorectal cancer in Egypt. International Journal of Cancer. 77(6):811-816, 1998 Sep 11.

Soliman AS. Bondy ML. Guan Y. El-Badawi S. Mokhtar N. Bayomi S. Raouf AA. Ismail S. McPherson RS. Abdel-Hakim TF. Beasley RP. Levin B. Wei QY. Reduced expression of mismatch repair genes in colorectal cancer patients in Egypt. International Journal of Oncology. 12(6):1315-1319, 1998 Jun.

IRAN

Ghiasvand NM. Shirzad E. Naghavi M. Vaez Mahdavi MR. High incidence of autosomal recessive nonsyndromal congenital retinal nonattachment (NCRNA) in an Iranian founding population. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 78(3):226-32, 1998 Jul 7.

Zhang L. Eslami A. Hosseini SH. McManus DP. Indication of the presence of two distinct strains of Echinococcus granulosus in Iran by mitochondrial DNA markers. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. 59(1):171-4, 1998 Jul.

Azin F. Raie RM. Mahmoudi MM. Correlation between the levels of certain carcinogenic and anticarcinogenic trace elements and esophageal cancer in northern Iran. Ecotoxicology & Environmental Safety. 39(3):179-84, 1998 Mar.

IRAQ

Yatuv R. Rosenberg N. Dardik R. Brenner B. Seligsohn U. Glanzmann thrombasthenia in two Iraqi-Jewish siblings is caused by a novel splice junction mutation in the glycoprotein IIb. Blood Coagulation & Fibrinolysis. 9(3):285-8, 1998 Apr

Bar-Sade RB. Kruglikova A. Modan B. Gak E. Hirsh-Yechezkel G. Theodor L. Novikov I. Gershoni-Baruch R. Risel S. Papa MZ. Ben-Baruch G. Friedman E. The 185delAG BRCA1 mutation originated before the dispersion of Jews in the diaspora and is not limited to Ashkenazim. Human Molecular Genetics. 7(5):801-5, 1998 May.

ISRAEL

Eliyahu, S., M. Ziv, E. Shalev, M. Benami, and E. Weiner. 1995. A study of 609 infertile couples: a comparison of Jewish and Arab patients. Israel Journal of Medical Sciences, 31:230-232.

Haider NB. Carmi R. Shalev H. Sheffield VC. Landau D. A Bedouin kindred with infantile nephronophthisis demonstrates linkage to chromosome 9 by homozygosity mapping. [Article] American Journal of Human Genetics. 63(5):1404-1410, 1998 Nov.

Hershkovitz, E., S. Shalitin, J. Levy, E. Leiberman, A. Weinshtock, I. Varsano, and R. Gorodischer. 1995. The new syndrome of congenital hypoparathyroidism associated with dysmorphism, growth retardation, and developmental delay - a report of six patients. Israel Journal of Medical Sciences, 31:293-297.

Jaber, L., P. Merlob, R. Gabriel, and M. Shohat. 1997. Effects of consanguineous marriage on reproductive outcome in an Arab community in Israel. J Med Genet, 34:1000-1002.

Kalinsky H. Funes A. Zeldin A. Pel-Or Y. Korostishevsky M. Gershoni-Baruch R. Farrer LA. Bonne-Tamir B. Novel ATP7B mutations causing Wilson disease in several Israeli ethnic groups. Human Mutation. 11(2):145-51, 1998

Chemke, J., and J. Zlotogora. 1997. Genetic services in Israel. Eur J Human Genet, 5:105-111.

Cheng LS. Livshits G. Carmelli D. Wahrendorf J. Brunner D. Segregation analysis reveals a major gene effect controlling systolic blood pressure and BMI in an Israeli population. Human Biology. 70(1):59-75, 1998 Feb.

Shohat, M., E. Akstein, B. Davidov, G. Barkai, C. Legum, M. David, H. Dar, Y. Romem, A. Amiel, H. Cohen, G. Bach, Z. Benneriah, R. N. Sheffer, Z. Appelman, J. Chemke, P. Zadka, T. Zer, and B. Goldman. 1995. Amniocentesis rate and the detection of down syndrome and other chromosomal anomalies in israel. Prenatal Diagnosis, 15:967-970.

KUWAIT

Haider, M. Z., and Z. Hijazi. 1998. Prevalence of high affinity IgE receptor [Fc epsilon RI beta] gene polymorphisms in Kuwaiti Arabs with asthma. Clin Genet, 54:166-167.

Hoglund P. Auranen M. Socha J. Popinska K. Nazer H. Rajaram U. Al Sanie A. Al-Ghanim M. Holmberg C. de la Chapelle A. Kere J. Genetic background of congenital chloride diarrhea in high-incidence populations: Finland, Poland, and Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. American Journal of Human Genetics. 63(3):760-8, 1998 Sep.

LEBANON

Callis M. Jansen S. Thiart R. de Villiers JN. Raal FJ. Kotze MJ. Mutation analysis in familial hypercholesterolemia patients of different ancestries: identification of three novel LDLR gene mutations. Molecular & Cellular Probes. 12(3):149-52, 1998 Jun.

Desgeorges, M., A. Megarbane, C. Guittard, S. Carles, J. Loiselet, J. Demaille, and M. Claustres. 1997. Cystic fibrosis in Lebanon: Distribution of CFTR mutations among Arab communities. Hum Genet, 100:279-283.

Megarbane, A., Z. Noujeim, M. Fabre, and V. M. D. Kaloustian. 1998. New form of hidrotic ectodermal dysplasia in a Lebanese family. Am J Med Genet, 75:196-199.

Saouda M. Mansour A. Moglabey YB. El Zir E. Mustapha M. Chaib H. Nehme A. Megarbane A. Loiselet J. Petit C. Slim R. The Usher syndrome in the Lebanese population and further refinement of the USH2A candidate region. Human Genetics. 103(2):193-198, 1998 Aug.

Zahed, L., R. Talhouk, M. Saleh, R. AbouJaoudeh, C. Fisher, and J. Old. 1997. The spectrum of beta-thalassaemia mutations in the Lebanon. Hum Hered, 47:241-249.

MAROCCO

Lench NJ. Markham AF. Mueller RF. Kelsell DP. Smith RJ. Willems PJ. Schatteman I. Capon H. Van De Heyning PJ. Van Camp G. A Moroccan family with autosomal recessive sensorineural hearing loss caused by a mutation in the gap junction

protein gene connexin 26 (GJB2). Journal of Medical Genetics. 35(2):151-2, 1998 Feb.

Izaabel H. Garchon HJ. Caillat-Zucman S. Beaurain G. Akhayat O. Bach JF. Sanchez-Mazas A. HLA class II DNA polymorphism in a Moroccan population from the Souss, Agadir area. Tissue Antigens. 51(1):106-10, 1998 Jan.

OMAN

Daar S. Hussein HM. Merghoub T. Krishnamoorthy R. Spectrum of beta-thalassemia mutations in Oman. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 850:404-6, 1998 Jun 30.

Rajab, A., and M. A. Patton. 1997. Major factors determining the frequencies of hemoglobinopathies in Oman. Am J Med Genet, 71:240-242.

PALESTINE

Kure S. Mandel H. Rolland MO. Sakata Y. Shinka T. Drugan A. Boneh A. Tada K. Matsubara Y. Narisawa K. A missense mutation (His42Arg) in the T-protein gene from a large Israeli-Arab kindred with nonketotic hyperglycinemia. Human Genetics. 102(4):430-4, 1998 Apr.

Haider MZ. Bastaki L. Habib Y. Moosa A. Screening 25 dystrophin gene exons for deletions in Arab children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Human Heredity. 48(2):61-6, 1998 Mar-Apr.

Zlotogora, J. 1997a. Autosomal recessive diseases among Palestinian Arabs. J Med Genet, 34:765-766.

Zlotogora, J. 1997b. Genetic disorders among Palestinian Arabs .2. Hydrocephalus and neural tube defects. Am J Med Genet, 71:33-35.

Zlotogora J. Reshef N. Prenatal testing for genetic disorders among Arabs. Prenatal Diagnosis. 18(3):219-24, 1998 Mar.

Zlotogorski A. Ahmad W. Christiano AM. Congenital atrichia in five Arab Palestinian families resulting from a deletion mutation in the human hairless gene. Human Genetics. 103(4):400-404, 1998 Oct

QATAR

Massoud AA. Ammaari AN. Khan ASS. Katraman BV. Teebi AS. Bartsocas-Papas syndrome in an Arab family with four affected sibs: Further characterization. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 79(1):16-21, 1998 Aug 27.

SAUDI ARABIA

Al Rajeh S. Majumdar R. Awada A. Adeyokunnu A. Al Jumah M. Al Bunyan M. Snellen A. Molecular analysis of the SMN and NAIP genes in Saudi spinal muscular atrophy patients. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 158(1):43-6, 1998 Jun 11

Bejjani BA. Lewis RA. Tomey KF. Anderson KL. Dueker DK. Jabak M. Astle WF. Otterud B. Leppert M. Lupski JR. Mutations in CYP1B1, the gene for cytochrome P4501B1, are the predominant cause of primary congenital glaucoma in Saudi Arabia. American Journal of Human Genetics. 62(2):325-33, 1998 Feb.

Nazer, H., A. AlMehaidib, S. Shabib, and M. A. Ali. 1998. Crigler-Najjar syndrome in Saudi Arabia. Am J Med Genet, 79:12-15.

Niazi, M. A., A. S. Almazyad, M. A. Alhusain, S. M. Almofada, F. A. Alzamil, T. Y. Khashoggi, and Y. A. Aleissa. 1995. Down's syndrome in Saudi Arabia: incidence and cytogenetics. Human Heredity, 45:65-69.

TUNISIA

Bonnemann CG. Wong J. Ben Hamida C. Hamida MB. Hentati F. Kunkel LM. LGMD 2E in Tunisia is caused by a homozygous missense mutation in beta-sarcoglycan exon 3. Neuromuscular Disorders. 8(3-4):193-7, 1998 May.

Chaabani, H., S. Benarab, and K. Chebbi. 1995. Genetic heterogeneity study of non-syndromic autosomal recessive sensorineural deafness within the tunisian population. Annales de Genetique, 38:158-161.

Krida G. Bouattour A. Rodhain F. Failloux AB. Variability among Tunisian populations of Culex pipiens: genetic structure and susceptibility to a filarial parasite, Brugia pahangi. Parasitology Research. 84(2):139-42, 1998.

TURKEY

Chen X. Fischel-Ghodsian N. Cercek A. Hamon M. Ogur G. Lotan R. Danon Y. Shohat M. Assessment of pyrin gene mutations in Turks with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). Human Mutation. 11(6):456-60, 1998.

Hermans MM. Kroos MA. Smeitink JA. van der Ploeg AT. Kleijer WJ. Reuser AJ. Glycogen Storage Disease type II: genetic and biochemical analysis of novel mutations in infantile patients from Turkish ancestry. Human Mutation. 11(3):209-15, 1998.

Onay T. Topaloglu O. Zielenski J. Gokgoz N. Kayserili H. Camcioglu Y. Cokugras H. Akcakaya N. Apak M. Tsui LC. Kirdar B. Analysis of the CFTR gene in Turkish cystic fibrosis patients: identification of three novel mutations (3172delAC, P1013L and M1028I). Human Genetics. 102(2):224-30, 1998 Feb.

UAE

Algazali, L. I., A. H. Dawodu, K. Sabarinathan, and M. Varghese. 1995. The profile of major congenital abnormalities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) population. Journal of Medical Genetics, 32:7-13.

AlTalabani, J., A. I. Shubbar, and K. E. Mustafa. 1998. Major congenital malformations in United Arab Emirates (UAE): need for genetic counselling. Ann Hum Genet, 62:411-418.

El-Kalla S. Baysal E. alpha-thalassemia in the United Arab Emirates. Acta Haematologica. 100(1):49-53, 1998.

YEMEN

Klintschar M. al-Hammadi N. Lux T. Reichenpfader B. Genetic variation at the short tandem repeat loci HumvWA, HumFXIIIB, and HumFES/FPS in the Egyptian and Yemenian populations. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 43(4):850-3, 1998 Jul.

Klintschar M. Kozma Z. al Hammadi N. Abdull Fatah M. Nohammer C. A study on the short tandem repeat systems HumCD4, HumTH01 and HumFIBRA in population samples from Yemen and Egypt. International Journal of Legal Medicine. 111(2):107-9, 1998.