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Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency

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Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is the most common human enzyme defect, affecting more than 400 million people worldwide, especially in tropical Africa, the Middle East, tropical and subtropical Asia, some areas of the Mediterranean, and Papua New Guinea. The gene frequencies are estimated to be as high as 5–25% in these areas (Luzzatto et al. 2001).

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Chen, H. (2017). Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency. In: Atlas of Genetic Diagnosis and Counseling. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2401-1_107

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