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. 1969 Mar;6(1):48–54. doi: 10.1136/jmg.6.1.48

Distribution and heredity of erythrocyte G6PD activity and electrophoretic variants among different racial groups at São Paulo, Brazil.

P H Saldanha, F G Nóbrega, J C Maia
PMCID: PMC1468702  PMID: 5771222

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