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Diversity in expression of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in females.
Clinical genetics - 1 Jan 1999
Abdulrazzaq Y M, Micallef R, Qureshi M, Dawodu A, Ahmed I, Khidr A, Bastaki S M, Al-Khayat A, Bayoumi R A
Abstract excerpt
The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to describe the different mutations in the population, to determine its prevalence, and to study inheritance patterns in families of G6PD-deficient individuals. All infants born at Tawam Hospital, Al-Ain, UAE from January 1994 to September 1996 were screened at birth...
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