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Frequency and origin of G-6-PD deficiency among icteric newborns in the metropolitan area of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
Gene geography : a computerized bulletin on human gene frequencies - 1 Dec 1994
González-Quiroga G, Ramirez-Del Rio J L, Cerda-Flores R M, Garza-Chapa R
Abstract excerpt
829 icteric newborn males were studied in order to have more information about the frequency of the G-6-PD deficiency and its origin in the population of the Monterrey Metropolitan area (MMA), in northeastern Mexico. For each subject information about the maternal grandparents' birthplace (states of Mexico) was gathered. The newborns were grouped into five geographic areas. It was found that the frequency of...
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