Erythrocyte glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in male newborn babies and its relationship with neonatal jaundice Deficiência de glicose-6-fosfato desidrogenase eritrocitária em recém-nascidos do sexo masculino e sua relação com a icterícia neonatal
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency, the commonest red cell enzymopathy in humans, has an X-linked inheritance. The major clinical manifestations are drug induced hemolytic anemia, neonatal jaundice and chronic nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia. The incidence of neonatal hyperbilirubin...
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| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2010-01-01
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| Series: | Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-84842010000600005 |