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Prevalence of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and the role of the A- variant in a Saudi population.
The Journal of international medical research - 1 Oct 2014
Alharbi Khalid Khalaf, Khan Imran Ali
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OBJECTIVES: To estimate the prevalence of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency among Saudi men, and to establish the frequency of the two mutations/polymorphisms associated with the G6PD A- mutation--G to A at nucleotide 202 (G202A) and A to G at nucleotide 376 (A376G)--in those found to have G6PD deficiency. METHODS: Blood samples were obtained from healthy male Saudi donors and screened for G6PD...
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