Article
G6PD Mediterranean accounts for the high prevalence of G6PD deficiency in Kurdish Jews.
Human genetics - 1 Apr 1993
Oppenheim A, Jury C L, Rund D, Vulliamy T J, Luzzatto L
Abstract excerpt
The Jews of Kurdistan are a small inbred population with a high incidence of beta-thalassaemia and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency. Recently, it was reported that the beta-thalassaemia in this population shows an unusual mutational diversity; 13 different mutations were identified, of which 4 had not previously been observed in any other population. In contrast, we now report that the G6PD...
Topics
- Female
- Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency
- Humans
- Incidence
- Israel
- Jews
- Male
- Mutation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Prevalence
- beta-Thalassemia