Present status of understanding on the G6PD deficiency and natural selection

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 193-202

  Tripathy, V ^a   Reddy, B ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

G6PD deficiency; India; Malaria; Natural selection; X linked

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; PRIMAQUINE;

ALLELE; COMPREHENSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENDER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INDIAN; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

EID: 34548027475     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.33867     Document Type: Review

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