Diseases

Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency

A disease-producing enzyme deficiency subject to many variants, some of which cause a deficiency of GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE activity in erythrocytes, leading to hemolytic anemia.

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A disease-producing enzyme deficiency subject to many variants, some of which cause a deficiency of GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE activity in erythrocytes, leading to hemolytic anemia.

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  • Deficiency of Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase
  • Deficiency, GPD
  • Deficiency, Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase
  • G6PD Deficiency
  • GPD Deficiency
  • Glucose 6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency
  • Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency
  • Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiencies
  • Hemolytic Anemia Due to G6PD Deficiency
  • Deficiencies, G6PD
  • Deficiencies, GPD
  • Deficiencies, Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase
  • Deficiencies, Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase
  • Deficiency of Glucose 6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase
  • Deficiency, G6PD
  • Deficiency, Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase
  • Dehydrogenase Deficiencies, Glucose-6-Phosphate
  • Dehydrogenase Deficiencies, Glucosephosphate
  • Dehydrogenase Deficiency, Glucose-6-Phosphate
  • Dehydrogenase Deficiency, Glucosephosphate
  • G6PD Deficiencies
  • GPD Deficiencies
  • Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiencies

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005955. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005955
  2. Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucose-6-phosphate_dehydrogenase_deficiency
  3. Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q848343