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Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in India.
Indian journal of pediatrics - 1 Jun 2004
Mohanty Dipika, Mukherjee Malay B, Colah Roshan B
Abstract excerpt
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is the commonest red cell enzymopathy in humans and has an X-linked inheritance. It has been reported from India more than 30 years ago and the prevalence varies from 0-27% in different caste, ethnic and linguistic groups. The major clinical manifestations are drug induced hemolytic anemia, neonatal jaundice and chronic non-spherocytic hemolytic anemia....
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