Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency: A rare enzyme abnormality involving a deficiency of the glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase which causes premature destruction of red blood cells. The excessive destruction of red blood cells can be triggered by certain infections or drugs or by eating fava beans. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency is available below.
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Common X-linked hereditary deficiency characterized by hemolytic anemia; if affected newborn infants do not obtain immediate transfusions, they could develop neurological damage. - (Source - Diseases Database)
Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency, or a subtype of Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
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