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G6PD deficiency: the genotype-phenotype association.
Blood reviews - 1 Sept 2007
Mason Philip J, Bautista José M, Gilsanz Florinda
Abstract excerpt
Deficiency of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase is a very common X-linked genetic disorder though most deficient people are asymptomatic. A number of different G6PD variants have reached polymorphic frequencies in different parts of the world due to the relative protection they confer against malaria infection. People, usually males, with deficient alleles are susceptible to neonatal jaundice, and acute hemolytic...
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