Meet ADESINA OLUWAFEMI ADEWALE, an Academic Staff of Lagos State University.
Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery
Associate Professor / Reader
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
At the Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery department office
Appointment on Visitation important
Topic: To Access The Risk Of Consanguineous Marriage In Cleft
Description: Consanguineous marriage is allowed in the Northern part of Nigeria and it is not uncommon to see blood relations getting married to one another. However, the health implication especially as it affects child survival is however not known by many of those who are involved.The fundamental disadvantage of consanguinity is the emergence of rare recessive homozygous disorders, which otherwise may not appear in an out bred population. Studies have reported the same association between parental consanguinity and Oro-facial cleft .In a hospital-based study on consanguinity and occurrence of OFC, reported 56.8% parents of cleft cases had a consanguineous relationship. It was also important that parents with consanguinity had a positive family history of clefts than those who were non-consanguineous and was statistically significant for OFC. However, recurrence among siblings did not find any significance with consanguinity. These blood relatives have at least one common ancestor not more remote than a great-great-grandparent. In some parts of the world, the consanguineous marriage is common. In Kuwait, the incidence of consanguineous marriage is 54% and in France, UK, and USA it is only 2%
| # | Certificate | School | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FMCDS (FELLOW AND MEMBER COLLEGE OF DENTAL SURGERY) | NATIONAL POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL COLLEGE | 2008 |
TO ACCESS THE RISK OF CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE IN CLEFT
Consanguineous marriage is allowed in the Northern part of Nigeria and it is not uncommon to see blood relations getting married to one another. However, the health implication especially as it affects child survival is however not known by many of those who are involved. .The fundamental disadvantage of consanguinity is the emergence of rare recessive homozygous disorders, which otherwise may not appear in an out bred population.Studies have reported the same association between parentalconsanguinityand Oro-facial cleft .In a hospital-based study on consanguinity and occurrence of OFC, reported 56.8% parents of cleft cases had a consanguineous relationship. It was also important that parents with consanguinity had a positive family history of clefts than those who were non-consanguineous and was statistically significant for OFC. However, recurrence among siblings did not find any significance with consanguinity
ADESINA OLUWAFEMI is a Associate Professor / Reader at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
ADESINA has a FMCDS in FELLOW AND MEMBER COLLEGE OF DENTAL SURGERY from NATIONAL POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL COLLEGE
