An Unexpected Emergency Request for Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Testing in a 9-Year-Old African American Boy: Table 1
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An unexpected emergency request for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase testing in a 9-year-old African American boy.
PATIENT 9-year-old African American male. CHIEF COMPLAINT Recently diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) after investigation into a large anterior mediastinal mass causing airway compression. HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS The day before the unexpected urgent glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) request, the patient was diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia and a signifi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Laboratory Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0007-5027,1943-7730
DOI: 10.1309/lmeec680qnehqgif