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Molecular Characterization of Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia
26 Jan 2002
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The level of activity of the enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) was determined in 154 unrelated Saudi males and females with G6PD deficiency who were residing in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. DNA was extracted from blood samples and analyzed for known G6PD mutations by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and restriction fragment length polymorphism techniques. Two different polymorphic mutations...
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