[Congenital hemolytic anemia due to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency].
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is a common enzyme defect with a wide range of clinical manifestations that can be severe. A variety of factors including many medications can induce hemolytic episodes. Screening for G6PD deficiency is required before use of some drugs especially primaquine or dapsone.
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Service de pathologie infectieuse et tropicale, Hôpital d'instruction des armées Alphonse Laveran, Marseille.
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Moalic
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D000745:Anemia, Hemolytic, Congenital / Q000209:etiology*; D000075202:Contraindications; D005955:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000201:enzymology / Q000517:prevention & control; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations
D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations