Molecular characterization of G6PD deficiency in Oman.

doi:10.1159/000154348

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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

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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 a...

Topics

Female
Genetic Testing
Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency
Humans
Male
Mutation
Oman

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