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THE geographical distribution of erythrocyte glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency is now-known to be widespread. Thus, this genetically determined enzyme defect has been shown to be present in parts of Africa, Asia and Europe, and in some Indian groups in South America1. Marked variations in the incidence of the defect have been observed between different populations and in some instances between different groups in the same population. In south-east Asia recent work has shown the trait to be present in Thais2, Malays2a, Indonesians (Lie-Injo, L. E., personal communication), Filipinos3 and Melanesians4.
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BUDTZ-OLSEN, O., KIDSON, C. Absence of Red Cell Enzyme Deficiency in Australian Aborigines. Nature 192, 765 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/192765a0
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