Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and the sickle cell gene in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

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This study was conducted on 689 Saudi males and females living in the Makkah area in the western province of Saudi Arabia. The frequency of severe glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) deficiency in the male and female populations was 0.055 and 0.042 respectively. The normal G-6-PD was G-6-PD-B+ and the G-6-PD phenotypes identified included G-6-PD-A+, G-6-PD-A-, G-6-PD-Mediterranean, and...

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