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G6PD gene variants and its association with malaria in a Sri Lankan population

BACKGROUND: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is an enzyme that plays an important role in many cellular functions. Deficiency of this enzyme results from point mutations in the coding region of the G6PD gene. G6PD-deficiency is important in malaria, as certain anti-malarial drugs could induc...

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Autores principales: Dewasurendra, Rajika L, Rockett, Kirk A, Fernando, S Deepika, Carter, Richard, Kwiatkowski, Dominic P, Karunaweera, Nadira D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4343272/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25885177
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-015-0603-9

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