Cultural practices and the use of icterogenic agents in glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficient neonates: any effect?

Cultural practices and the use of icterogenic agents in glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficient neonates: any effect?

Background: Cultural practices involving the use of certain agents known to cause haemolysis in Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficient individualsare common during perinatal and neonatal periods. This study was targeted at identifying some of these agents and their role in the developmen...

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Main Authors: E D Jatau, A Zakari, O D Damulak, B O Toma, O J Egesie, E A Akor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Nigerian Journal of Medicine
Subjects:
glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
hyperbilirubinaemia
icterogenic agents
neonates
Online Access:http://www.njmonline.org/article.asp?issn=1115-2613;year=2020;volume=29;issue=1;spage=120;epage=124;aulast=Jatau;type=0

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