Prevalence of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and its association with Plasmodium falciparum infection among children in Iganga distric in Uganda

BACKGROUND: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is a metabolic enzyme involved in the pentose phosphate pathway, its especially important in red blood cell metabolism. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency is an X-linked recessive hereditary disease characterised by abnormally low levels...

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Autores principales: Bwayo, Denis, Kaddumukasa, Mark, Ddungu, Henry, Kironde, Fred
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4080728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24943486
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-7-372

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4080728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24943486
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-7-372

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