A single mutation is responsible for the high prevalence of G6PD deficiency in the Vataliya Prajapatis - An endogamous caste group from Western India [9]

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 218-219

  Sukumar, Sridevi ^a   Colah, Roshan B ^a   Mohanty, Dipika ^a   Joshi, Sanmukh R ^b  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Indian Red Cross Blood Center   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LETTER; MALARIA; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CODON; CONSANGUINITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALARIA; MALE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034965689     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.1119     Document Type: Letter

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