Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency - Sanjay Manohar's Medical Browser
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
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Synonyms
G6P dehydrogenase deficiency
G6PD deficiency
Oxidative haemolysis
Favism
Causes
G6PD gene mutation
Dapsone
Primaquine
Chloroquine
Sulphonamide
Nitrofurantoin
Hepatitis virus
Pneumonia
Typhoid fever
Fava bean
Effects
Oxidative haemolysis
Extravascular haemolysis
Intravascular haemolysis
Hereditary lactate acidosis
Congenital methaemoglobinemia
Parents
Haematological pathology
X-Linked recessive congenital metabolic disease
Description
"Oxidation product Glutathione usually protects against oxidation injury G6PD hemolysis is predominantly intravascular as hemolysis is due to increase oxidant stress inside RBC. There is no structural abnormality in RBC. "
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Sanjay Manohar
2006