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Neonatal screening for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency: biochemical versus genetic technologies.
Seminars in perinatology - 1 Jun 2011
Kaplan Michael, Hammerman Cathy
Abstract excerpt
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) deficiency, a commonly occurring genetic condition, is associated in neonates with severe hemolytic episodes, extreme hyperbilirubinemia, and bilirubin encephalopathy. Neonatal screening programs for the condition should increase parental and caretaker a...
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