Chronic hemolytic anemia associated with glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (Guadalajara)1 159 C --> T (387 Arg --> Cys) deficiency associated with Gilbert syndrome in a Turkish patient.

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The case of an 8-year-old male child with severe kernicterus sequelae is presented in this paper. The child's hemoglobin value varied between 6.0 and 10.8 g/dL and his reticulocyte count ranged between 3.4 and 46.0% during the steady-state condition and hyperhemolytic crisis, respectively. A chronic hemolytic type of red cell G6PD deficiency was diagnosed. DNA studies indicate that the mutation was G6PD...

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