Neonatal screening for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency: sex distribution.
Eight hundred and six newborn infants at high risk for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) deficiency were screened; 30.2% of the boys and 10.4% of the girls had severe G-6-PD deficiency. Surprisingly, 14% of the enzyme deficient girls had a father from a low risk ethnic group. Girls of high risk mothers should be screened for G-6-PD deficiency regardless of paternal origin.
Kaplan
M
M
Department of Neonatology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Hammerman
C
C
Kvit
R
R
Rudensky
B
B
Abramov
A
A
D005220:Fathers; D005260:Female; D005955:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers; D015997:Neonatal Screening; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution