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Congenital and genetic disorders in the Sultanate of Oman. First attempt to assess healthcare needs

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank the Oman Research Council for funding the study. We thank all the Omani mothers who provided health information. The authors sincerely thank the senior officials of the Ministry of Health for their support and sincere gratitude to all Regional Health authorities and medical professionals of the Ministry of Health in the Regions of Oman contributing to the field work. The authors also thank Dr. Leo Ten Kate, and Prof. Irma Nippert for their valuable comments. The experiments performed during the study comply with the current laws of the Sultanate of Oman.

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  1. National Genetic Center, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman

    A. Rajab

  2. Royal Hospital, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman

    Q. Al Salmi

  3. Directorate General of Health Affairs, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman

    J. Jaffer & A. J. Mohammed

  4. Genetic Unit, St. Georges Hospital Medical School, London, UK

    M. A. Patton

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This study was funded by Oman Research Counsul.

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Rajab, A., Al Salmi, Q., Jaffer, J. et al. Congenital and genetic disorders in the Sultanate of Oman. First attempt to assess healthcare needs. J Community Genet 5, 283–289 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12687-014-0182-4

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