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Glucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase deficiency and haematopoietic stem cell transplantation in Chinese patients.
Hong Kong medical journal = Xianggang yi xue za zhi - 1 Jun 2009
Au W Y, So J C, Ma S K, Lie Albert K W
Abstract excerpt
Deficiency in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD), an X-linked recessive red cell enzymopathy, is endemic in Southern Chinese. Universal screening of newborn is done in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore, among other places. In Hong Kong, 4.8% of males are affected and seven common G6PD alleles account for over 99% of all defects. Male hemizygotes suffer from severe deficiency, while female heterozygotes may...
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