Newborn screening for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in Isfahan, Iran: A quantitative assay

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 62-64

  Iranpour, Ramin ^a,b   Hashemipour, Mahin ^a   Talaei, Seyed Mojtaba ^a   Soroshnia, Mohsen ^a   Amini, Abasgholi ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE TYPE 1; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SEX DIFFERENCE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN SCREENING;

FEMALE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PREVALENCE;

EID: 58149121016     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: 14755793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jms.2008.008027     Document Type: Article

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