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G6PD deficiency in Latin America: systematic review on prevalence and variants

Plasmodium vivax radical cure requires the use of primaquine (PQ), a drug that induces haemolysis in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficient (G6PDd) individuals, which further hampers malaria control efforts. The aim of this work was to study the G6PDd prevalence and variants in Latin America (L...

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Autores principales: Monteiro, Wuelton M, Val, Fernando FA, Siqueira, André M, Franca, Gabriel P, Sampaio, Vanderson S, Melo, Gisely C, Almeida, Anne CG, Brito, Marcelo AM, Peixoto, Henry M, Fuller, Douglas, Bassat, Quique, Romero, Gustavo AS, Maria Regina F, Oliveira, Marcus Vinícius G, Lacerda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4156449/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25141282
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0074-0276140123