Prevalence of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in Northern Greece

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 204-206

  Ntaios, G ^a   Chatzinikolaou, A ^a   Tomos, C ^a   Manolopoulos, C ^a   Karalazou, P ^a   Nikolaidou, A ^a   Alexiou Daniel, S ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency; Lyonization; Mediterranean variant

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 39449109518     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01618.x     Document Type: Article

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