Characterization of G6PD deficiency in southern Croatia: Description of a new variant, G6PD Split

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 547-549

  Barišić, Marin ^a   Korać, Jelena ^a   Pavlinac, Ivana ^a   Krželj, Vjekoslav ^b   Marušić, Eugenija ^b   Vulliamy, Tom ^c   Terzić, Janoš ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Croatia; G6PD Cosenza; G6PD deficiency; G6PD Split; Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

ENZYME VARIANT; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE;

CROATIA; GENETIC SCREENING; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 27944508705     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10038-005-0292-2     Document Type: Article

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