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Molecular characterization of G6PD deficiency in Oman.
Human heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Daar S, Vulliamy T J, Kaeda J, Mason P J, Luzzatto L
Abstract excerpt
Screening of unselected university students in the Sultanate of Oman revealed an overall frequency of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency of 26% in males. Samples from 23 G6PD-deficient individuals (a random sub-sample of the student population), were characterised biochemically and at the molecular level. Of 20 deficient men, 15 had G6PD Mediterranean, 2 had G6PD Chatham, 1 had G6PD A- and in 2...
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