Prevalence of G6PD deficiency in newborns in the south of Brazil

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-86

  Castro, Simone ^a   Weber, Raquel ^a   Dadalt, Vivian ^a   Tavares, Volnei ^a   Giugliani, Roberto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCREENING;

BRAZIL; FEMALE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33745242515     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: 09691413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/096914106777589641     Document Type: Article

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