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Article: Rapid, Simultaneous Genotyping of 10 Southeast Asian Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency-Causing Mutations and a Silent Polymorphism by Multiplex Primer Extension/Denaturing HPLC Assay
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- Clinical Chemistry
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- July 1, 2005
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CopyrightCopyright American Association for Clinical Chemistry Jul 2005. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Deficiency of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is the most common inherited metabolic enzyme disorder in the world, with a very high incidence throughout the tropics and subtropics as a result of malarial selection (1-3). More than 140 mutations or combinations of mutations of the X-linked gene for G6PD have been characterized at the DNA level from different ethnic populations worldwide (4, 5). In areas of Southeast Asia, including southern China, at least 25 deficiency-causing point mutations have been identified in the human G6PD gene. Ten mutations (95A[arrow right]G, 392G[arrow right]T, 487G[arrow right]A, 493A[arrow right]G, 592C[arrow right]T, 871G[arrow right]A, 1024C[arrow ...