Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) mutations and UDP-glucuronosyltransferase promoter polymorphism among G6PD deficient Kuwaitis

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 201-205

  Samilchuk, Elena ^a,b   Al Suliman, Ibrahim ^a   Usanga, Esien ^c   Al Awadi, Sadika ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

^b Kuwait Medical Genetics Centre   (Kuwait)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

G6PD deficiency; Kuwait; UDPGT1 gene promoter polymorphism

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; ALLELE; BLOOD DONOR; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; MASS SCREENING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0348014538     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-9796(03)00125-6     Document Type: Article

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