Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) mutations and UDP-glucuronosyltransferase promoter polymorphism among G6PD deficient Kuwaitis.

Screening of 1,080 Kuwaiti male blood donors for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency revealed this condition in 70 (6.5%) individuals. Mutation analysis of all 70 G6PD deficient samples performed by PCR/RFLP and direct sequencing identified the 563C-->T (Mediterranean) in 72.