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This article explores the basis of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and defines the role that health care informatics can play in optimal treatment.

background: glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (g6pd) deficiency is the most frequent genetic enzymatic disorder in hu­man, which is inherited as an x-linked gene. it encodes a housekeeping enzyme, which is vital for cell survival. accord­ing to previous investigations, mediterranean mutation (c563t) of g6pd gene is the most prevalent mutation in some prov­inces of iran and neighboring countries...

glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (g6pd) deficiency is a common enzyme deficiency in the world. it's prevalence iniranis about 12% in male & about 1% in female. the present study did examine the relation between the development of preeclampsia and g6pd deficiency. it was investigated whether or not the risk of preeclampsia in g6pd deficient women is higher than that in normal pregnant women. a ...

Any alteration in the optical homogeneity of the lens or decrease in its transparency is known as cataract. Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) activity was measured in both erythrocytes and lenses of study groups and control groups. The decreased activity of G6PD was observed in the study group subjects both in erythrocytes and lenses when compared with controls. These results showed that...

A solid-phase radioimmunoassay for human glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (D-glucose-6-phosphate: NADP+ 1-oxidoreductase; EC 1.1.1.49) was developed that allowed the specific activity of this enzyme protein to be measured in lysates from whole erythrocyte populations, in lysates from erythrocytes of different ages, and in purified samples. The enzyme was highly purified from erythrocytes of si...

Earlier studies of the A and B allozymes at the G6pd locus show a differential ability of the genotypes to suppress the loss of viability associated with a low activity 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase mutation, 6Pgdlo1. This observation indicates a relatively lower activity for the A allozyme genotype, but it is not known if this level of suppression required a large difference in in vivo acti...

Genetic diversity of the "Mediterranean" phenotype of G-6-PD (glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase) deficiency was revealed when detailed studies were performed on blood specimens from 79 Greek males with G-6-PD levels 0-10% of normal. Four different mutants were found to be responsible for the severely deficient phenotypes: two mutants. G-6-PD U-M (Union-Markham) and G-6-PD Orchomenos, were disti...

Introduction Cystic fibrosis (CF) occurs in approximately 1 in 2000 Caucasian births, but is rare in other races (di Sant'Agnese and Davis, 1976). In Negroes the incidence is 1 in 17 000 (di Sant'Agnese and Davis, 1976), while cases from the Indian sub-continent are even rarer (Reddy et al., 1969). Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6PD) deficiency, a sex-linked disorder causing haemolysis pr...