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The ethnogeographic variability of genetic factors underlying G6PD deficiency.
Pharmacological research - 1 Nov 2021
Koromina Maria, Pandi Maria Theodora, van der Spek Peter J, Patrinos George P, Lauschke Volker M
Abstract excerpt
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency caused by genetic variants in the G6PD gene, constitutes the most common enzymopathy worldwide, affecting approximately 5% of the global population. While carriers are mostly asymptomatic, they are at substantial risk of acute hemolytic anemia upon certain infections or exposure to various medications. As such, information about G6PD activity status in a given...
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