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  • Title: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency: another risk factor for necrotizing enterocolitis?
    Author: Schutzman DL, Porat R.
    Journal: J Pediatr; 2007 Oct; 151(4):435-7. PubMed ID: 17889084.
    Abstract:
    We recently observed several babies in our neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) who were subsequently found to have glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency. The aim of this study was to explore the association of NEC and G6PD deficiency. G6PD deficiency was significantly higher (27.8%) in infants with NEC compared with the 5.3% prevalence among NICU admissions (odds ratio = 6.9; 95% confidence interval = 2 to 23.5). G6PD deficiency also was found to be a marker for more severe NEC. G6PD deficiency should be considered a risk factor for NEC.
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