Acute hemolysis and severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase-deficient heterozygotes.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Two premature female infants had severe hyperbilirubinemia caused by hemolysis. Both neonates were heterozygotes for the glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase Mediterranean mutation as determined by DNA analysis. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase-deficient heterozygotes may be susceptible to the complications of this enzyme deficiency.
Medical subject headings
- Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency
- Hemolysis
- Infant, Premature, Diseases
- Jaundice, Neonatal