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Hemolysis and Mediterranean G6PD mutation (c.563 C>T) and c.1311 C>T polymorphism among Palestinians at Gaza Strip.
Blood cells, molecules & diseases - 15 Apr 2012
Sirdah Mahmoud, Reading N Scott, Perkins Sherrie L, Shubair Mohammad, Aboud Lina, Prchal Josef T
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The G6PD c.563 C>T deficient mutation is endemic among Mediterranean populations but its clinical significance is not well delineated. We set up to estimate the proportion of G6PD deficient children presenting with hemolytic anemia at Al Nasser Pediatric Hospital at Gaza Strip, Palestine. We then established the prevalence of c.563T Mediterranean mutation and its linkage to c.1311 C>T polymorphism in...
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