Changes in incidence and sex ratio of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency by population drift in Taiwan

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 154-161

  Chien, Yin Hsiu ^a   Lee, Ni Chung ^a   Wu, Shu Tzu ^a   Liou, Jane Jane ^a   Chen, Hsiu Chen ^a   Hwu, Wuh Liang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

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EID: 39649101933     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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