Andrew E. Czeizel - Böcker

The study and delineation of ethnic groups are extremely beneficial from the perspective of population and ecogenetic characteristics. Such studies will become rarer in the future, however, as more and more people migrate and social, cultural and political barriers continue to fall. This monograph presents a major genetic study of the Hungarian population, based on 5 years of collaboration between German and Hungarian scientists. Population data and an historical review supplement the genetic and medical information. It is hoped that the book may be used as a model for further comparative analyses.

The major objective of our studies in the last decade was a systematic analysis of maternal diseases during pregnancy to reveal their possible adverse effects on birth outcomes.