Article
Red cell glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase phenotypes in Iraq.
Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit - 1 Jan 2002
Hilmi F A, Al-Allawi N A, Rassam M, Al-Shamma G, Al-Hashimi A
Abstract excerpt
We attempted to characterize biochemically glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) variants in Iraqi individuals. Thus 758 healthy Iraqi males aged 18-60 years were randomly selected and 46 (6.1%) were G6PD deficient. Although the predominant non-deficient G6PD phenotype was G6PD B (92.6%), G6PD A+ was found in polymorphic frequency (1.3%). In the deficient group, 31 cases were fully characterized, including 17...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Case-Control Studies
- Electrophoresis, Cellulose Acetate
- Erythrocytes
- Favism
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Heterogeneity
- Genetic Testing
- Genetic Variation
- Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase
- Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency
- Humans
- Iraq
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Phenotype