G6PD Mediterranean accounts for the high prevalence of G6PD deficiency in Kurdish Jews

The Jews of Kurdistan are a small inbred population with a high incidence of beta-thalassaemia and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency. Recently, it was reported that the beta-thalassaemia in this population shows an unusual mutational diversity; 13 different mutations were identifie...

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