Two cases of glucose-6-phophate dehydrogenase-deficient Nepalese belonging to the G6PD Mediterranean-type, not India-Pakistan sub-type but Mediterranean-Middle East sub-type

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 275-277

  Matsuoka, Hiroyuki ^a   Jichun, Wang ^a   Hirai, Makoto ^a   Yoshida, Shigeto ^a   Arai, Meiji ^a   Ishii, Akira ^a   Baral, Madhav Prasad ^b  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

G6PD; Glucose 6 phophate dehydrogenase deficiency; Malaria; Mediterranean; Nepal

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; NUCLEOTIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEPAL; PAKISTAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MIDDLE EAST; NEPAL; POINT MUTATION;

EID: 0038647381     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10038-003-0018-2     Document Type: Article

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