Glutathione Reductase deficiency in Saudi Arabia

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1208-1212

  Warsy, A S ^a   El Hazmi, M A F ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; INCIDENCE; MALE; MUTATION; NUTRITION; PREVALENCE; RIBOFLAVIN DEFICIENCY; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX RATIO;

FEMALE; FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; GENE FREQUENCY; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; MUTATION; NUTRITION SURVEYS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RIBOFLAVIN DEFICIENCY; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033232205     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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