Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) mutations in Myanmar: G6PD Mahidol (487G>A) is the most common variant in the Myanmar population

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 544-547

  Matsuoka, Hiroyuki ^a   Wang, Jichun ^a   Hirai, Makoto ^a   Arai, Meiji ^a   Yoshida, Shigeto ^a   Kobayashi, Tamaki ^b   Jalloh, Amadu ^c   Lin, Khin ^d   Kawamoto, Fumihiko ^e  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Department of Medical Research ^*  (Myanmar)

^e OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency; Mahidol; Malaria; Myanmar; Primaquine

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MYANMAR; POPULATION GENETICS;

ETHNIC GROUPS; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MUTATION; MYANMAR;

EID: 8644238804     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10038-004-0187-7     Document Type: Article

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