Molecular characterization of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in the Kurdish population of Western Iran

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 91-94

  Rahimi, Zohreh ^a,b   Vaisi Raygani, Asad ^b   Nagel, Ronald L ^c   Muniz, Adriana ^c  

^a KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

G6PD deficiency; Haplotype; Mutations; Polymorphisms; Western Iran

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLELE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELES; ETHNIC GROUPS; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 33748786506     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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