Sex differences in activity of glucose 6
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Mark W. Steele; Barbara R. Migeon
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Article
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1973
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Springer
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English
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In a previous report, it was noted that glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) specific activity was approximately 45% higher in fibroblasts cultured from female fetal lung than in fibroblasts from male fetal lung. This sex difference was nullified during the first postnatal weeks by an abrupt ris