A Study of Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency among Children attending the Emergency Hospital in Zakho City Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Background: G6PD deficiency, which affects 400 million individuals globally, is an X-linked hereditary enzymopathy that causes acute hemolysis after exposure to specific oxidative agents such as fava beans, more than 37 drugs, and infections viral or bacterial. Neonatal jaundice worsened by kernict...
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Language: | English |
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University of Zakho
2023-10-01
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Series: | Science Journal of University of Zakho |
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Online Access: | https://sjuoz.uoz.edu.krd/index.php/sjuoz/article/view/1156 |