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G6PD variants in three South American ethnic groups: population distribution and description of two new mutations.
Human heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Weimer T A, Salzano F M, Westwood B, Beutler E
Abstract excerpt
A review is made of G6PD population surveys conducted in 4,558 European-derived, 2,484 admixed Black/Indian/White or Black/White, and 10,298 Indian subjects living in South America. Despite the fact that twice more Amerindians than Whites had been examined, no autochtonous variant was found among them, while seven different types (besides the most common Gd*B, Gd*A, Gd*A- and Gd*Med) were observed among the...
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