Article
Cataracts in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency.
Ophthalmic paediatrics and genetics - 1 Jun 1993
Assaf A A, Tabbara K F, el-Hazmi M A
Abstract excerpt
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) deficiency plays an important biochemical role in the metabolism of the lens. Controversies exist in the literature on the possible association between G-6-PD deficiency and the development of cataracts. The authors present ten patients, aged between infancy and 40 years of age, who were admitted for bilateral congenital or presenile cataracts. These patients had no...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Cataract
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Erythrocytes
- Female
- Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency
- Humans
- Infant
- Lens, Crystalline
- Male