PARENTAL DEMOGRAPHIC STUDIES IN PRIMARY AMENORRHEA
V. LAXSHMI KALPANA *
Department of Human Genetics, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam-530 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
M. SATYANARAYANA *
Department of Human Genetics, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam-530 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
D. UDAYA KUMAR *
Department of Human Genetics, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam-530 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
V. RAJA BABU *
Department of Human Genetics, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam-530 003, Andhra Pradesh, India
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Religion, the type of marriage and consanguinity of the parents of the primary amenorrhea cases, gestation period, order of birth, number of children everborn, fertility level of mother's of 70 primary amenorrhea cases, mean parental age at the time of the birth of the primary amenorrhea cases of 70 primary amenorrhea cases and 30 controls have been studied. In the present study 44.72% of primary amenorrhea cases are a product of parental consanguinity whereas it is 16.67% in the control group. The gestation period and nature of delivery of 70 primary amenorrhea cases have 5 premature births and kept in incubator, 2 have caesarean and 3 have foreceps. But all the controls have normal delivery without problems. It is also amply evident that the Mothers of 70 primary amenorrhea cases have still born babies, abortions and more number of children died when compared to the mothers of the control group.
Keywords: Consanguinity, gestation period, congenital malformations, inbreeding, testicular feminization syndrome, gonadal dysgenesis