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SUBMITTER: McDade J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2574849 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
McDade Jenny J Abramova Tatiana T Mortier Nicole N Howard Thad T Ware Russell E RE
Pediatric blood & cancer 20081201 6
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is an important cause of hemolytic anemia worldwide. Severely affected patients have chronic hemolysis with exacerbations following oxidative stress. Mutations causing severe chronic non-spherocytic hemolytic anemia (CNSHA) commonly cluster in Exon 10, a region important for protein dimerization. An African-American male presented at age 2 weeks with pallor and jaundice, and was found to have hemolytic anemia with G6PD deficiency. His severe cl ...[more]