Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency does not result from mutations in the promoter region of the G6PD gene

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 90-92

  Menounos, Panayiotis G ^a   Garinis, George A ^a,b   Patrinos, George P ^a,b  

^a Nursing Military Academy   (Greece)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

G6PD deficiency; Mutations; Promoter; SSCP

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 0037274020     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcla.10075     Document Type: Article

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