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G6PD variants and haemolytic sensitivity to primaquine and other drugs
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Restrictions on the cultivation and ingestion of fava beans were first reported as early as the fifth century BC. Not until the late 19th century were clinical descriptions of fava-induced disease reported and soon after characterised as “favism” in the early 20th century. It is now well known that favism as well as drug-induced haemolysis is caused by a deficiency of the glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) enzyme, one of the most common enzyme deficiency in humans. Interest about the in...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Frontiers Media Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Frontiers in Pharmacology Journal website
- Volume:
- 12
- Article number:
- 638885
- Publication date:
- 2021-03-15
- Acceptance date:
- 2021-02-01
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- EISSN:
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1663-9812
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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1168767
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- pubs:1168767
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- 2021-03-19
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- Bancone and Chu.
- Copyright date:
- 2021
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