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Brazilian Variant of Glucose 6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (Gd Minas Gerais)

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THERE are about fifty known variants of sex-linked human glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) distinguishable by electrophoretic mobility or enzymatic characteristics1,2. Among them, nine alleles occur in high frequencies giving rise to a polymorphism in certain populations1,3. We report here another G6PD variant, designated as Gd Minas Gerais (MG), found in a sample of 1,068 families originating from north-eastern Brazil.

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  1. Population Genetics Laboratory, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii

    ELIANE S. AZEVEDO

  2. Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

    AKIRA YOSHIDA

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AZEVEDO, E., YOSHIDA, A. Brazilian Variant of Glucose 6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (Gd Minas Gerais). Nature 222, 380–382 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/222380a0

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