glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and pre-eclampsia: possibility of treatment

Glucose-6-phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency and Pre-eclampsia: Possibility of Treatment

Glucose-6-phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency and Pre-eclampsia: Possibility of Treatment

Dear Editor, I read with interest a paper from Zekavat and associates, concerning the possible association between glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency and development of preeclampsia. This study did not confirm their hypothesis that there was a relationship between G6PD and preeclampsia development. However, there is a possibility that future studies, performed using higher numb...

Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency and Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia

Background: Jaundice is affecting over 60-80 percent of neonates in the first week of life. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency, which is an important cause of pathologic hyperbilirubinemia, can lead to hemolytic anemia, jaundice and kernicterus. The present study was performed to determine the prevalence of G6PD deficiency among icteric neonates in Shirvan, Iran. Methods: This...

[glucose-6-phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency].

LABORATORY DATA biochemical markers metabolic defect chromosomal assignment chromosome X localization chromosome Xq localization chromosome Xq28 localization gene, structural-functional anomalies G6PD (G6PD1) glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, gene chr.Xq28 gene analysis-DNA analysis myelo-erythropoietic disorders glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency haemolytic anaemia isolated hematopo...

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency.

Out of 20 patients with viral hepatitis whose glucose-6phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) levels were normal, 14 had clinical evidence of a mild to moderate degree of haemolysis but in all the patients studied the half life of chromium-51-labelled red cells was shortened. Out of 18 viral hepatitis patients deficient in G-6-PD 17 had clinical evidence of haemolysis, and in eight this was more seve...

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency.

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is expressed in all tissues, where it catalyses the first step in the pentose phosphate pathway. G6PD deficiency is prevalent throughout tropical and subtropical regions of the world because of the protection it affords during malaria infection. Although most affected individuals are asymptomatic, there is a risk of neonatal jaundice and acute haemolytic...