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glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
Wednesday 15 October 2003
Pathology
G6PD deficiency
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) mutations that result in reduced enzyme activity have been implicated in malarial resistance and constitute one of the best examples of selection in the human genome.