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  • Title: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase laboratory assay: How, when, and why?
    Author: Minucci A, Giardina B, Zuppi C, Capoluongo E.
    Journal: IUBMB Life; 2009 Jan; 61(1):27-34. PubMed ID: 18942156.
    Abstract:
    Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is the most common defect of red blood cells. Although some different laboratory techniques or methods are employed for the biochemical screening, a strict relationship between biochemists, clinicians, and molecular biologists is necessary for a definitive diagnosis. This article represents an overview on the current laboratory tests finalized to the screening or to the definitive diagnosis of G6PD-deficiency, underlying the problems regarding the biochemical and molecular identification of heterozygote females other than those regarding the standardization of the clinical and laboratory diagnostic procedures. Finally, this review is aimed to give a flow-chart for the complete diagnostic approach of G6PD-deficiency.
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