Neonatal screening for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency: sex distribution.
Open Access
- 1 July 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal & Neonatal
- Vol. 71 (1) , F59-F60
- https://doi.org/10.1136/fn.71.1.f59
Abstract
Eight hundred and six newborn infants at high risk for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) deficiency were screened; 30.2% of the boys and 10.4% of the girls had severe G-6-PD deficiency. Surprisingly, 14% of the enzyme deficient girls had a father from a low risk ethnic group. Girls of high risk mothers should be screened for G-6-PD deficiency regardless of paternal origin.Keywords
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