Characterisation of the opposing effects of G6PD deficiency on cerebral malaria and severe malarial anaemia.
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Elife. 2017 Jan 9;6:e15085. doi: 10.7554/eLife.15085.
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PMID: 28067620
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Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is believed to confer protection against Plasmodium falciparum malaria, but the precise nature of the protective effecthas proved difficult to define as G6PD deficiency has multiple allelic variants w …
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is believed to confer protection against Plasmodium falciparum malaria …