title: Population screening for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency on the Baleares.
abstract: Two thousand people on the Isles of the Baleares were screened for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency using a commercially available kit. Among the thousand males tested, five were found deficient; of the thousand women, one had low enzyme activity according to this test. Diagnosis of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency could be verified using hair follicle analysis on mailed hair samples. The same technique also allowed heterozygotes to be identified unequivocally.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005820:Genetic Testing; D005828:Genetics, Population; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000032:analysis; D005955:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D006197:Hair / Q000201:enzymology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013030:Spain
chemical_list: D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase