Article
Red cell glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase phenotypes in several Mongoloid populations of eastern India: existence of a non-deficient fast variant in two Australasian tribes.
Annals of human biology - 1 Jan 2000
Saha N, Hong S H, Wong H A, Tay J S
Abstract excerpt
A total of 954 subjects of both sexes from nine Mongoloid tribes of eastern India were investigated for the distribution of red cell glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) phenotypes by starch-gel electrophoresis. The incidence of Gd- was found to be 8% in the Khasi, 6% in the Nishi, 5% in Apat...
Topics
- Alleles
- Asian People
- Electrophoresis, Starch Gel
- Erythrocytes
- Female
- Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase
- Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- India
- Male
- Phenotype
- Polymorphism, Genetic
