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Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase mutations in Mon and Burmese of southern Myanmar.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2008
Nuchprayoon Issarang, Louicharoen Chalisa, Charoenvej Warisa
Abstract excerpt
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is highly prevalent in Southeast Asians. G6PD mutations are associated with specific ethnic groups in Southeast Asia. Mon is a minority ethnic group in Myanmar, which speaks Monic, a distinct language of Mon-Khmer classification. We studied G6PD mutations in Mon and Burmese males of southern Myanmar who migrated to Thailand in Samutsakhon province. G6PD...
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