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Seven different glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase variants including a new variant distributed in Lam Dong Province in southern Vietnam.
Acta medica Okayama - 1 Aug 2007
Matsuoka Hiroyuki, Thuan Dang Thi Vinh, van Thien Huynh, Kanbe Toshio, Jalloh Amadu, Hirai Makoto, Arai Meiji, Dung Nguyen The, Kawamoto Fumihiko
Abstract excerpt
We conducted a survey for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency using blood samples from male outpatients of a local hospital in southern Vietnam. Most of the samples were from the Kinh (88.9%), the largest ethnic group in Vietnam, with a small number (11.1%) coming from the K'Ho, Chauma, Nung, and Tay minorities. We detected 25 G6PD-deficient cases among 1,104 samples (2.3%), and read the open...
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