High incidence of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in Croatian island isolate: Example from Vis island, Croatia

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 566-570

  Markić, Joško ^a   Krželj, Vjekoslav ^a   Markotić, Anita ^b   Marušić, Eugenija ^a   Stričević, Luka ^a   Zanchi, Jakša ^a   Bošnjak, Nada ^a   Sapunar, Ada ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCUBATION TIME; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; GEOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROATIA; GEOGRAPHY; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33747828931     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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