G6PD A- is the major cause of G6PD deficiency among the Siddis of Karnataka, India

G6PD A- is the major cause of G6PD deficiency among the Siddis of Karnataka, India

Background: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is the most common human erythroenzymopathy affecting more than 400 million people worldwide. G6PD deficiency was reported in India more than 50 years ago and the prevalence rate varies from 5.7% to 27.9% in different caste and tribal g...

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Main Authors: Rati Devendra, Vinod Gupta, Somashekhar S. Biradar, Pradeep Bhat, Shantharam Hegde, S. L. Hoti, Malay B. Mukherjee, Harsha V. Hegde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-01-01
Series:Annals of Human Biology
Subjects:
g6pd
mutation
microsatellite repeat sequences
g6pd a- mutation
siddis
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2019.1699954

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