Erythrocyte glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and pyruvate kinase activities in hemoglobin H disease.

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Erythrocyte glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) and pyruvate kinase (PK) activities were studied in hemoglobin H (HbH) patients by spectrophotometric method, cytochemical method and the methemoglobin reduction (MR) test for the detection of heterozygous G6PD deficiency. G6PD deficiency was found in 7 of 64 cases (10.9%), including 3 cases of genotype alpha 1/alpha 2 and 4 cases of genotype alpha 1/CS. None...

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