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Genetic Epidemiology of Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency in the Arab World.
Scientific reports - 17 Nov 2016
Doss C George Priya, Alasmar Dima R, Bux Reem I, Sneha P, Bakhsh Fadheela Dad, Al-Azwani Iman, Bekay Rajaa El, Zayed Hatem
Abstract excerpt
A systematic search was implemented using four literature databases (PubMed, Embase, Science Direct and Web of Science) to capture all the causative mutations of Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency (G6PDD) in the 22 Arab countries. Our search yielded 43 studies that captured 33 mutations (23 missense, one silent, two deletions, and seven intronic mutations), in 3,430 Arab patients with G6PDD. The...
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