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Molecular characterization of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in the Kurdish population of Western Iran.
Blood cells, molecules & diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Rahimi Zohreh, Vaisi-Raygani Asad, Nagel Ronald L, Muniz Adriana
Abstract excerpt
A total of 1,000 school boys ages 14-18 years, were randomly selected from six schools of Kermanshah and screened for G6PD deficiency. Fifty-three out of 1,000 were found to be severely G6PD deficient giving a frequency of 5.3% for G6PD deficiency in males in Kermanshah. We performed DNA analysis on 68 G6PD deficient children, 52 school boys and 16 children with the history of favism and hemolytic anemia using a...
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