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Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency among Yemeni children residing in malaria-endemic areas of Hodeidah governorate and evaluation of a rapid diagnostic test for its detection

BACKGROUND: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency, the most common genetic enzymopathy worldwide, is associated with an acute haemolytic anaemia in individuals exposed to primaquine. The present study aimed to determine G6PD deficiency among Yemeni children in malaria-endemic areas as...

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Autores principales: Abdul-Ghani, Rashad, Mahdy, Mohammed A. K., Saif-Ali, Reyadh, Alkubati, Sameer A., Alqubaty, Abdulhabib R., Al-Mikhlafy, Abdullah A., Al-Eryani, Samira M., Al-Mekhlafi, Abdusalam M., Alhaj, Ali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4915072/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27329471
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-016-1372-9