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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... |
