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12368976

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-10-7
pubmed:abstractText
Despite recent case reports of bilirubin encephalopathy in African American glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD)-deficient neonates, there is a misconception that, in African Americans, G6PD deficiency need not be considered in the differential diagnosis of hyperbilirubinemia. We present a case of a hyperbilirubinemic African American female neonate in whom coexisting G6PD deficiency in the heterozygous state, and Gilbert's syndrome, were confirmed by DNA analysis. Hemolysis, predictive of the subsequent icterus, was documented by end-tidal carbon monoxide determinations at two time periods within the first 25 hours of life. A diagnosis of G6PD deficiency should be considered in African American neonates, females as well as males, with unexplained hemolysis or hyperbilirubinemia.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0743-8346
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
577-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Hemolysis and hyperbilirubinemia in an African American neonate heterozygous for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports