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Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) variants in Malaysian Malays.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 2003
Ainoon O, Yu Y H, Amir Muhriz A L, Boo N Y, Cheong S K, Hamidah N H
Abstract excerpt
We performed DNA analysis using cord blood samples on 86 male Malay neonates diagnosed as G6PD deficiency in the National University of Malaysia Hospital by a combination of rapid PCR-based techniques, single-stranded conformation polymorphism analysis (SSCP) and DNA sequencing. We found 37.2% were 871G>A (G6PD Viangchan), 26.7% were nt 563 C>T (G6PD Mediterranean) and 15.1% were 487G>A (G6PD Mahidol) followed by...
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