seizure is a rare presentation for acute hemolysis due to g6pd deficiency. we report a previously healthy boy who presented initially with seizure and cyanosis and subsequently acute hemolysis, due to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (g6pd) and probably secondary methemoglobinemia, following the ingestion of fava beans.

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is the key enzyme that initiates pentose phosphate cycle in glucose metabolism. Physiologically, this pathway main source of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADPH) for red blood cells. This study aims to identify glucose-6-phosphate mutations Nung ethnic patients with G6PD deficiency. 18 pediatric group were diagnosed deficiency at Vietnam National Ch...