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Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency.

I Siswadi, +2 more
- 01 Apr 1972 - 
- Vol. 12, Iss: 4, pp 182-190
TLDR
A defect in an enzyme called glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase causes red blood cells to break down prematurely, which results in the destruction ofRed blood cells, which carry oxygen from the lungs to tissues throughout the body.
Abstract
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency is a genetic disorder that occurs almost exclusively in males. This condition mainly affects red blood cells, which carry oxygen from the lungs to tissues throughout the body. In affected individuals, a defect in an enzyme called glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase causes red blood cells to break down prematurely. This destruction of red blood cells is called hemolysis.

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Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency

TL;DR: The most effective management of G6PD deficiency is to prevent haemolysis by avoiding oxidative stress, and Screening programmes for the disorder are undertaken, depending on the prevalence of G 6PD deficiency in a particular community.
Journal ArticleDOI

On the allelic spectrum of human disease.

TL;DR: Human disease genes show enormous variation in their allelic spectra; that is, in the number and population frequency of the disease-predisposing alleles at the loci, so the theory does a reasonable job for diseases where the genetic etiology is well understood.
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