Neonatal screening for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency: sex distribution. |
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| Authors: | M Kaplan C Hammerman R Kvit B Rudensky A Abramov |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Neonatology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. |
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| Abstract: | Eight hundred and six newborn infants at high risk for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) deficiency were screened; 30.2% of the boys and 10.4% of the girls had severe G-6-PD deficiency. Surprisingly, 14% of the enzyme deficient girls had a father from a low risk ethnic group. Girls of high risk mothers should be screened for G-6-PD deficiency regardless of paternal origin. |
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