G6PD deficiency: global distribution, genetic variants and primaquine therapy.
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is a potentially pathogenic inherited enzyme abnormality and, similar to other human red blood cell polymorphisms, is particularly prevalent in historically malaria endemic countries. The spatial extent of Plasmodium vivax malaria overlaps widely with that of...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2013
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