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Glucose-6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency.
Meen Jai Lee, Sang Eun Lee, Dong Whan Lee, Sang Jhoo Lee, Sang Chul Park
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1990;33(2):212-219.   Published online February 28, 1990
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase(G-6PD) deficiency is the most common disease-producing enzyme deficiency of human beings, but extremely rare in Korea. Four well-characterized clinical syndromes are recognized: acute, oxidative stress(drug or infection) induced hemolytic anemia; neonatal hyperbilirubinemia; favism and chronic nonspherocytic hemolytic anemia. We have experi- enced a case of G-6PD deficiency in child associated with chronic hemolytic anemia and exacerba- tions of hemolysis by infection and drug...