Two new glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase mutations causing chronic hemolysis

Haematologica

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1135-1136

  Manco, Licínio ^a,b   Gonçalves, Paula ^a   Macedo Ribeiro, Sandra ^c   Seabra, Carlos ^d   Melo, Paula ^e   Ribeiro, Maria Letícia ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d Hospital Infante D Pedro EPE   (Portugal)

^e Pediatric Department Figueira da Foz Hospital   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dimer interface; G6PD class I mutations; G6PD deficiency; G6PD structure and amino acid conservation; Portugal

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; DIMER; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; POLYPEPTIDE; THREONINE;

ADULT; ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXON; G6PD GENE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HEMOLYSIS; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION;

EID: 24944501283     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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