Prevalence of G6PD Deficiency among the Malaria Patients in Urban Kolkata, India - A Clinic Based Study
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1 Protozoology Unit, Department of Microbiology, Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, 108, C. R. Avenue, Kolkata 700 073, India 2 Department of Microbiology, NRS Medical College, 138 AJC Bose Road, Kolkata 700 014, India 3 Department of Zoology, A. P. C. Roy Govt. College, Himachal Bihar, Matigara, Siliguri734 010, West Bengal, India 4 Director, Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, 108, C. R. Avenue, Kolkata 700 073, India 5 Department of Microbiology, Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, 108, C. R. Avenue, Kolkata 700 073, India *Corresponding author
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