Prevalence of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and the potential of neonatal complication prevention

• Main Authors: Manar Al-Lawama (Author), Nour Ghanem (Author), Esraa Arabiat (Author), Dina Abu-Assab (Author), Aseel Dmour (Author), Salam Al-Kayed (Author), Arwa Kiswani (Author), Hadeel Al-Zoubi (Author), Eman Badran (Author), Abdulilah AlTayar (Author), Aaya Alnajar (Author), Asma Altayar (Author), Mohammed Abed (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hygeia Press di Corridori Marinella, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is a common inherited disease. The aim of our study was to assess the prevalence and gender distribution of G6PD deficiency in Jordan and to establish the rate of neonatal morbidity in G6PD-deficient patients compared to healthy neonate...