New WHO classification of genetic variants causing G6PD deficiency

Affiliations

¹ Department of Hematology, University of Florence, Piazza San Marco, 4 - 50121Firenze, Italy.
² Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Thailand.
³ School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
⁴ Department of Medical Genetics and Bioinformatics, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
⁵ Departmental Unit of Molecular and Genomic Diagnostics, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
⁶ Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy.
⁷ Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Public Health, Darwin, Australia.
⁸ Department of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, United States of America.
⁹ Biology Department, Al Azhar University-Gaza, Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem.
¹⁰ Department of Paediatrics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
¹¹ Centre for Genomics and Child Health, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
¹² Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
¹³ Global Malaria Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

Lucio Luzzatto et al. Bull World Health Organ. 2024.

. 2024 Aug 1;102(8):615-617.

doi: 10.2471/BLT.23.291224. Epub 2024 Jun 10.

¹ Department of Hematology, University of Florence, Piazza San Marco, 4 - 50121Firenze, Italy.
² Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Thailand.
³ School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
⁴ Department of Medical Genetics and Bioinformatics, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
⁵ Departmental Unit of Molecular and Genomic Diagnostics, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
⁶ Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy.
⁷ Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Public Health, Darwin, Australia.
⁸ Department of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, United States of America.
⁹ Biology Department, Al Azhar University-Gaza, Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem.
¹⁰ Department of Paediatrics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
¹¹ Centre for Genomics and Child Health, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
¹² Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
¹³ Global Malaria Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

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