Article
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and the sickle cell gene in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Journal of tropical pediatrics - 1 Feb 1994
el-Hazmi M A, Warsy A S, Bahakim H H, al-Swailem A
Abstract excerpt
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...
Topics
- Anemia, Sickle Cell
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency
- Hemoglobin E
- Hemoglobin, Sickle
- Heterozygote
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Incidence
- Male
- Phenotype