Document Type
Report
Department
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Abstract
Key Clinical Message
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is an X-linked disorder affecting some 400 million people worldwide. Though clinically silent, it may result in hemolysis on oxidative stress induced by drugs or infections. Viral hepatitis A with coexisting G6PD deficiencycan be devastating associated with severe hemolysis, anemia, renal failure, and hepatic encephalopathy.
Publication (Name of Journal)
Clinical Case Reports
Recommended Citation
Moiz, B.,
Ali, S. A.
(2018). Fulminant hemolysis in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. Clinical Case Reports, 6(1), 224-225.
Available at:
https://ecommons.aku.edu/pakistan_fhs_mc_pathol_microbiol/699