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Frequency of Mediterranean mutation among a group of Saudi G6PD patients in Western region-Jeddah.
International journal of laboratory hematology - 1 Feb 2010
Gari M A, Chaudhary A G, Al-Qahtani M H, Abuzenadah A M, Waseem A, Banni H, Al-Sayes F M, Al-Harbi A, Lary S
Abstract excerpt
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (G6PD), a common human enzymatic defects characterized by extreme molecular and biochemical heterogeneity is found to have a variable frequency in different regions. The molecular basis of polymorphic variants in Saudi Arabia have yet to be fully addressed to. Accordingly, a study was designed to determine the frequency of G6PD gene mutations in G6PD deficient cases....
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