Late-Life Presentation of Unsuspected G6PD Deficiency

Deficiency of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is the commonest enzyme deficiency in humans with a wide range of possible clinical manifestations depending on the specific genetic variant in each case. Here we present the case of an 86-year-old male of African descent who acutely developed s...

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Main Authors: Marcos Benchimol, Laura Bernardo Madeira, Ricardo de Oliveira-Souza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Critical Care
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8198565

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